Changeset 1759

Timestamp:

09/30/04 13:22:30 (20 years ago)

Author:

jalet

Message:

Extends the PATH and doesn't use absolute path anymore to launch edpykota.

Location:

pykota/trunk

Files:

• bin/autopykota (modified) (4 diffs)
• conf/pykota.conf.sample (modified) (1 diff)

pykota/trunk/bin/autopykota

@@ -24 +24 @@
 #
 # $Log$
+# Revision 1.2  2004/09/30 11:22:30  jalet
+# Extends the PATH and doesn't use absolute path anymore to launch edpykota.
+#
 # Revision 1.1  2004/09/30 09:52:45  jalet
 # Initial release of autopykota. Reading help or manpage is greatly
@@ -80 +83 @@
     def main(self, arguments, options) :
         """Main entry point."""
+        os.environ["PATH"] = "%s:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin" % os.environ.get("PATH", "")
         username = os.environ.get("PYKOTAUSERNAME")
         printername = os.environ.get("PYKOTAPRINTERNAME")
@@ -95 +99 @@
                     else :    
                         self.logdebug("User %s already exists. Creating a quota entry for user %s on printer %s." % (username, username, printername))
-                        return os.system('/usr/bin/edpykota --add --printer "%s" "%s"' % (printername, username))
+                        return os.system('edpykota --add --printer "%s" "%s"' % (printername, username))
                 else :
                     self.logdebug("User %s already exists. Printer %s doesn't exist. Creating printer %s and a quota entry for user %s on printer %s." % (username, printername, printername, username, printername))
-                    return os.system('/usr/bin/edpykota --add --printer "%s" "%s"' % (printername, username))
+                    return os.system('edpykota --add --printer "%s" "%s"' % (printername, username))
             else :
                 if options["initbalance"] is None :
@@ -104 +108 @@
                 else :
                     self.logdebug("User %s doesn't exist yet. Creating user %s's account and quota entries on all existing printers." % (username, username))
-                    return os.system('/usr/bin/edpykota --add --limitby balance --balance "%s" "%s"' % (options["initbalance"], username))
+                    return os.system('edpykota --add --limitby balance --balance "%s" "%s"' % (options["initbalance"], username))
     
 if __name__ == "__main__" :    

pykota/trunk/conf/pykota.conf.sample

@@ -481 +481 @@
 # 
 #   policy: external(/usr/bin/edpykota --add --printer %(printername)s --softlimit 50 --hardlimit 60 %(username)s >/dev/null) 
+#
+# NB : If you want to limit users by their account balance value, it is preferable to
+# use the following policy to automate user account creation on first print :
+#
+#   policy: external(/usr/bin/autopykota --initbalance 25.0 >/dev/null) 
+#
+#   This will automatically add the user if he doesn't already exist, and
+#   set his initial balance value to 25.0 (for example). If the user already 
+#   exists then his balance value will not be modified. 
+#   Please don't use autopykota if you want to limit your users by page
+#   quota, and in any case, carefully read autopykota's help or manpage
+#   and understand its goal before using it in your own configuration.
 #
 # Of course you can launch any command of your choice with this, e.g. :