[K12OSN] smbldap disable group? (more)

[David Trask]

Continuing on....smbldap-installer and the various tools included allow
for you to set a different path for a user's home directory.  Some schools
create groups by YOG and then create the home directories in the same
manner  /home/2007/username.  This makes it easy to manage and script
tasks for specific groups.  When creating these generic accounts you could
specify a special path for these accounts like

/home/generic/username

Then you could write a script like this:


!#/bin/bash
for x in `ls /home/generic`; do
echo "Purging the home directory of $x ..."
rm -Rf /home/generic/${x}/*
cd /gold-lib
/bin/cp -Rf * /home/generic/${x}
chown -R ${x}:Group /home/generic/${x}   # Put your own group where
"Group" is
done


+++++++++++++++++

This is a little more sophisticated, but a helluva' lot easier to
manage...especially if you have hundreds of generic accounts.





"Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
writes:
>As far as time frame disabling...I'm not sure, but as for the clearing out
>of the generic accounts...that's easy.  I actually do this as a cron job
>for 6 generic accounts that we use in the library for people to simply use
>the card catalog.  I actually delete and recreate the home directories
>each night.  I have a directory called "golden-library" where I store the
>"gold master" for the users settings (in other words, what you normally
>find in /etc/skel).  You should create the perfect clean account...and
>then copy the files (hidden and all) into the "golden" folder and change
>the permissions to something like what currently exists in /etc/skel.  
>
>An example....simplistic with no use of variables like ${USER} or anything
>like that (though if you can write bash scripts...feel free to do
>so).....in this example the folder is named /gold-lib  and the users are
>liba, libb, libc, and so on:
>
>#!/bin/sh
>rm -Rf /home/liba/*
>cd /gold-lib
>/bin/cp -Rf * /home/liba
>chown -R liba:Students /home/liba
>rm -Rf /home/libb/*
>cd /gold-lib
>/bin/cp -Rf * /home/libb
>chown -R libb:Students /home/libb
>rm -Rf /home/libc/*
>cd /gold-lib
>/bin/cp -Rf * /home/libc
>chown -R libc:Students /home/libc
>rm -Rf /home/libd/*
>cd /gold-lib
>/bin/cp -Rf * /home/libd
>chown -R libd:Students /home/libd
>rm -Rf /home/libe/*
>cd /gold-lib
>/bin/cp -Rf * /home/libe
>chown -R libe:Students /home/libe
>rm -Rf /home/libf/*
>cd /gold-lib
>/bin/cp -Rf * /home/libf
>chown -R libf:Students /home/libf
>
>
>
>"Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
>writes:
>>Certainly.  We are pre-K through 8th grade.  I have generic accounts
>>named "a" through "gg" all with the same password so that the teacher
>>can easily log in a class to play Gcompris etc.  (we start with
>>passwords in second grade) However, whenever an older child loses
>>their password the teacher kindly gives out the generic account
>>password.  A bunch of crap has accumulated in the home folders of
>>those accounts as a result.  I have spent some time customizing them
>>so I don't want to delete them.  Another effect of this is that their
>>a re students that I believe have NEVER used their accounts. I
>>understand this is a problem between the computer teacher and myself.
>>I think we have a solution which is to create some disposable accounts
>>that we will only use for the first month of th year and then delete.
>>But I'd like to protect the youngens group accounts by only allowing
>>access during their allotted time.  Aren't you glad you asked?
>>
>>
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>On 9/6/06, David Trask <dtrask at vcsvikings.org> wrote:
>>> "Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
>>on
>>> Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at 9:27 AM +0000 wrote:
>>> >Is there some way to disable a smbldap group? I supposed that removing
>>> >and adding the group would do it but that doesn't sound to elegant.  I
>>> >need to set something in the crontab. Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>> Can you share why?  Maybe there is a cleaner way to accomplish your
>>goal?
>>>
>>> David N. Trask
>>> Technology Teacher/Director
>>> Vassalboro Community School
>>> dtrask at vcsvikings.org
>>> (207)923-3100
>>>
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>
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>Vassalboro Community School
>dtrask at vcsvikings.org
>(207)923-3100
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David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Director
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207)923-3100