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<chapter>
  <title id="edpykota">Maintaining the Print Quota DataBase with edpykota</title>
  <para>Last modified on $Date$</para>
  
  <para>
    <command>edpykota</command> is the command line tool with which you will 
    maintain your print quota database.
  </para>
  
  <para>
    Here's an incomplete list of features :
    
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Add printers (it's preferable to use the <command>pkprinters</command> command for this though) ;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Add and delete users and groups ;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Set users' account balances ;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Set users and groups print quotas on printers, eventually by using another user
          or group as a template ;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Set price per page and price per job for printers (it's preferable to use the <command>pkprinters</command> command for this though) ;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Switch users or groups to or from <quote>account only</quote> mode (no quota enforcement) ;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Define hard and soft limits for users ou groups quotas, on a per printer basis ;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Choose the way you will limit printing : either by page quota or by account balance value ;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Reset page counters.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Etc...
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </para>
  
</chapter>