[imp] Deleting users

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Dietmar Rieder <adrieder at sbox.tugraz.at>:

> Aria Bamdad wrote:
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: imp-bounces at lists.horde.org [mailto:imp-bounces at lists.horde.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Dietmar Rieder
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:08 PM
>>> To: imp at lists.horde.org
>>> Cc: Aria Bamdad
>>> Subject: Re: [imp] Deleting users
>>>
>>> Aria Bamdad wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have been searching for scripts or procedures to delete or rename a
>>> user
>>>> that is in the various horde database tables for times when you want
>>> to
>>>> either remove a user that no longer exists or rename a user that may
>>> have
>>>> changed e-mail addresses.  I have found a few very crude scripts that
>>>> basically delete rows from some (but not all) tables.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are there plans in providing a administrative tool that allows for
>>> the
>>>> above?
>>>>
>>>> How do others here accomplish these tasks?
>>> http://wiki.horde.org/RemoveUserData
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>   Didi
>>
>> Thanks for the link.  I had seen these before but some of these scripts do
>> not remove data from all of various horde webmail components.  I was more
>
> Did you carefully read the page?
>
> There should be a section with the heading:
> "Stand-alone Perl scripts that remove user data from all Horde applications"
>
>
>> interested to know if there would ever be a tool that is built into the
>> administration screens that would allow for this.  It seems pretty
>
> AFAIK there is no build in tool in the Horde GUI for deleting users,  
> but since this is an open source project feel free to submit a patch  
> ;-)

There is. But only if your auth backend is capable of listing users.

>> elementary that something like this would be needed and one shouldn't have
>> to resort to home grown stuff!
>
> Some of the scripts on that page are actually using the build in API  
> functions of the Horde framework for removing user data from all Apps.
> So they should play in concert with Horde in perfect harmony.

And those even work without the listing capabilities.

Jan.

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