[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Add a new user-add flag param to disable the creation of UPG.

[Dmitri Pal]

On 03/28/2011 04:38 PM, Pavel Zůna wrote:
> This patch handles the issue in a kind of stupid way, but I couldn't
> think of anything better.
>
> It adds a new flag parameter to user-add (--noprivate). With this
> flag, the command marks the private group about to be created for
> deletion and is deleted after the user is created. The only exception
> is when there is a group, that is named the same way as the user, but
> isn't a private group - then the group is left there.
>
> Private groups are created automatically by the managed entry DS
> plugin and I didn't find a way to disable its creation for a specific
> user.

The idea that comes to mind is to define some magical attribute that the
DS plugin would recognize and skip the creation of the managed entry as
well as strip the entry of this magic attribute/value.
I remember that other plugins might take advantage of the similar approach.

Is something like this possible?


>
> Ticket #1131
>
> Pavel
>
>
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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager IPA project,
Red Hat Inc.


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