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== Summary ==

The current User admin tool from GNOME isn't really suited to managing larger numbers of users, as one would get at a school or classrooms.  What's needed is a simple, extensible user management tool.

== Release Note ==

Having a good user management tool will make handling classroom situations much better for "non-professional" admins.

== Rationale ==

Current tools:
 * Don't allow sorting by groups.
 * Don't allow adding users to LDAP via the same interface
 * Arent't extensible by users to add "custom" actions needed in per-installation use cases.

== User stories ==

TBA

== Assumptions ==

 * We'd like this tool to be extendable by users with scripts.
 * Written in python for maintainability.
 * Should get user and group information via getent() calls, for compatibility with LDAP environments.
 * Should include a bulk import feature.
 * Should do as little as possible natively in the interface, and use it's own plugin architecture for anything "non standard" or "distro-specific"

== Design ==

 * Interface:
   * Two tabs: users and groups.
   * 4 side buttons each: add, remove, modify, migrate/backup.
   * Hitting "Add" allows for adding a single user or group.
   * Multi-select works for remove.
   * selecting a user/group and hitting "Modify" will allow you to change some things about that user/group.
   * "Bulk Import" menu item
 * Backend
   * GNU/Linux already has a perfectly good way to add/remove users/groups locally to the system.  The "adduser" family of commands.
   * config file will, by default, ship with config lines like:
      * {{{Adduser Command = adduser --home %h --shell %s --uid %U .... %u}}} where %h, %s, %U %u, etc are filled in with values entered in the "add users" dialog box.
   * If you want system to do LDAP commands, you simply have to provide a script of some kind (i.e. like in the {{{ldapscripts}}} package) and modify the config file.
   * To populate the list boxes for users and groups, use getent() calls, so that if box us set up for ldap nss, things will work as expected with no modification.
 * Plugins
   * 4 sets of directories:
     * {{{/usr/share/newtool/userplugins.d}}}
     * {{{/usr/share/newtool/groupplugins.d}}}
     * {{{/usr/local/share/newtool/userplugins.d}}}
     * {{{/usr/local/share/newtool/groupplugins.d}}}
   * /usr/share dirs are for "package shipped" plugins
   * /usr/local/share are for local sysadmins to drop locally defined plugins in.
   * Multi select users or groups, right click ->
     * context menu appears, listing the package supplied plugins, then a line, then any user-supplied plugins.
     * user plugins are called as /bin/sh -c userplugin user1 <user2...> for each user selected in the list.
     * group plugins similar.
     * Plugin's responsibility to look up any other information it needs (i.e. homedir of user1, etc.)

== Implementation ==

Post lucid.

=== UI Changes ===

New program, won't replace regular management tool, but should appear in the "administration" menu.

=== Code Changes ===

None.

=== Migration ===

Not known at this time.

== Test/Demo Plan ==

== Unresolved issues ==

How to handle being able to add to BOTH local database AND LDAP?

== BoF agenda and discussion ==

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