[Freeipa-devel] Asking for help to add new options

[Petr Viktorin]

On 05/14/2014 11:21 AM, thierry bordaz wrote:
> Hello,
>
>     Quite beginner in freeipa land, I am trying to add options to
>     'user-add' sub-command but desperately failing to make it work.
>     I did the following modification:
>
>         diff --git a/ipalib/plugins/user.py b/ipalib/plugins/user.py
>         index 9b21200..0c36e35 100644
>         --- a/ipalib/plugins/user.py
>         +++ b/ipalib/plugins/user.py
>         @@ -365,6 +365,20 @@ class user(LDAPObject):
>                       csv=True,
>                       flags=['no_search'],
>                   ),
>         +        Flag('tostage?',
>         +            doc=_('Create user in staging container'),
>         +            flags=('no_search', 'virtual_attribute'),
>         +            cli_name='to_stage',
>         +            default=False,
>         +        ),
>         +        Str('uidstaged?',
>         + pattern='^[a-zA-Z0-9_.][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]{0,252}[a-zA-Z0-9_.$-]?$',
>         +            pattern_errmsg='may only include letters, numbers,
>         _, -, . and $',
>         +            maxlength=255,
>         +            cli_name='from_staged',
>         +            label=_('Activate the User currently in the staging
>         container'),
>         +            normalizer=lambda value: value.lower(),
>         +        ),
>               )
>
>               def _normalize_and_validate_email(self, email, config=None):
>         @@ -436,12 +450,16 @@ class user_add(LDAPCreate):
>               msg_summary = _('Added user "%(value)s"')
>
>               has_output_params = LDAPCreate.has_output_params +
>         user_output_params
>         +
>         +    #internal_options = ['tostage', 'uidstaged']
>
>               takes_options = LDAPCreate.takes_options + (
>                   Flag('noprivate',
>                       cli_name='noprivate',
>                       doc=_('Don\'t create user private group'),
>                   ),
>         +
>         +
>               )
>
>
>     The command 'ipa user-add --help' succeeds giving me the correct
>     help message. But when I try to add the user it fails:
>
>         ipa user-add foo --to-stage --first=foo --last=foo
>         ipa: ERROR: Unknown option: tostage
>
>
>     This seems to occur because the frontend find this is a 'remaining'
>     option.. but what does it means ?
>     I tried to add the new options as internal options, or with
>     different names, but it gives the same results.
>     I know it is a very novice question, but I have really no idea I
>     should fix it. Anyone know what I am missing ?
>
>     regards
>     thierry

Hi,
Adding these options works for me; I think the most likely reason is 
you're still using the old version. Did you install the changed file 
properly? If you're just copying the .py file to /usr/lib, remember to 
restart Apache.

-- 
Petr³