[cpx] Re: [vps2] automated management of virtmaps

[Jonathan Duncan <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I was messing around with the add_entry and update_entry commands and they 
seem to do the same thing.  If I try to add the same user twice with 
add_entry, it does nothing.  If I edit the destination for that address 
with add_user it updates that destination.  If I use update_entry to 
update an entry that is not there, it adds it.  Is this intentional, or is 
there just a lot of overlap in the commands?

One thing I noticed, these are not flimsy commands.  They seem pretty 
smart.  Well written.  I tried abusing them by running them multiple times 
with the same information and they curteously remained silent and did not 
duplicate or mess up data or complain.  I used different usernames in the 
e-mail addresses and they grouped the same domain names together.  I used 
the same usernames in the e-mail addresses and different domains and they 
created a new section.  And after every run of each of the commands, the 
virtusertable database file is rebuilt on the fly.

I am quite impressed.  Wow, what a handy set of one line tools for my 
admin tool belt.  No more opening up the virtusertable file for me.  These 
are a godsend.  Just what I needed for this huge project I am working on. 
So now I just need to know that these commands will not change on me and 
wreak havoc on my users while I am sipping a Margarita (virgin of course) 
on some cruise ship in the Bahamas.

Seriously, the CPX team rocks!  Thank you!

Jonathan


On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Jonathan Duncan wrote:

> Jared,
>
> Ok, you and Sherm and Scott have now got my curiosity up.
>
> What would be the reason behind you giving me the long perl script that 
> basically does (in the end) the same thing that the 3 liner that Sherm gave 
> me does?  I notice that one using the VSAP::Client and the other is using the 
> VSAP:Server.  I assume that the client just weeds stuff out and plays with 
> the data before it feeds it to the server command.  Yes?
>
> Jonathan
>
> --------------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> use VSAP::Server::Modules::vsap::mail;
> VSAP::Server::Modules::vsap::mail::update_entry( 'joe@xxxxxxxx' => 
> 'joeuser');
> --------------------------------------
> ## Other commands I found while browsing through VSAP
> ## VSAP::Server::Modules::vsap::mail::add_entry($sourceaddr . $sourcedomain, 
> $dest);
> ## VSAP::Server::Modules::vsap::mail::update_entry($sourceaddr . 
> $sourcedomain, $dest);
> ## VSAP::Server::Modules::vsap::mail::delete_entry($source);
> --------------------------------------
>
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > #!/usr/bin/env perl
> >
> > use VSAP::Client;
> >
> > if(@ARGV != 2) {
> >        print "Usage: $0 source dest\n";
> >        exit;
> > }
> > $source = $ARGV[0];
> > $dest = $ARGV[1];
> >
> > $vsap = new VSAP::Client(Debug => 0);
> > $vsap->authenticate('ADMIN_USER', 'PASSWORD', 'HOSTNAME');
> >
> > $cmd = '<vsap xmlns:cp="http://vsap.org/cp";>' .
> >                '<vsap type="mail:addresses:add">' .
> >                        '<source>' . $source . '</source>' .
> >                        '<dest>' . $dest . '</dest>' .
> >                '</vsap>' .
> >        '</vsap>';vsap
> > $response = $vsap->send($cmd);
> >
> > $vsap->quit;
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
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