Samba::LDAP::User 0.03

Samba::LDAP::User is a Perl module to manipulate a Samba LDAP User.

SYNOPSIS

use Carp;
use Samba::LDAP::User;

# create Template object
my $user = Samba::LDAP::User->new()
or croak "Cant create objectn";

Various methods to manipulate a Samba LDAP user. Add, delete, modify, show and change a users password.

INTERFACE

new

Create a new Samba::LDAP::User object

add_user

Takes many options. For example:

user =>
oldpass =>
newpass =>
workstation =>
ou =>
user_uid =>
group =>
windows_user =>
trust_account =>
homedir =>
shell =>
gecos =>
skeleton_dir =>
surname =>
family_name =>
local_mail_address =>
mail_to_address =>
time_to_wait =>
aix =>
groups =>
ox =>
can_change_pass =>
must_change_pass =>
account_flags =>
logon_script =>
home_path =>
home_drive =>
user_profile =>
aix_user =>

The above options are only needed if you dont want to use the defaults that are set in /etc/smbldap/smbldap.conf

delete_user
disable_user
is_valid_user
is_samba_user
is_unix_user
is_nonldap_unix_user
get_homedir
make_hash
change_password
change_password(
user => ghenry,
oldpass => "$oldpass",
newpass => "$newpass",
samba => 1, # Update only Samba pass, can be
# unix => 1 for unix pass only
);

Change user password in LDAP Directory

Checks the users exists first, then changes the password If user doesnt exist, returns the error etc.

If no oldpass arg is passed, binds as rootdn and sets a password

Default is set to change/add a Samba "and" Unix password. If you dont want this, pass in unix => 0, or samba => 0, etc.