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Domenico Andreoli <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: Program for Rational User Administration
System name: prua
Type: GNU

Description:
<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>
  Main purpose of this software is to really help UNIX system
  administrators in those tasks regarding users management.
</p><p>
  This is not only a tool, it is a library which can be used in any
  kind of program. Indeed the command line tool here provided is only
  a possible use of this library.
</p>

<h2>Some features</h2>
<p>
  <ul>
    <li>abstraction from the real method used for storing users
        and groups information</li>
    <li>providing a simple and well defined interface usable to
        build from throw away scripts to full fledged tools.
        it may be used directly in the Python shell</li>
    <li>user creation from multiple configurable user templates</li>
    <li>modular design with plugins</li>
  </ul>
</p>

<h2>Some plugins</h2>
<p>
  <ul>
    <li>prua-file: interface to files formatted like passwd, ... </li>
    <li>prua-ldap: interface to LDAP server</li>
    <li>prua-home: handler for automatic management of users\' home
        directories</li>
    <li>prua-shell: handler gateway for shell scripts to be called
        on user processing</li>
    <li>prua-quota: handler for automatic management of users\'
        disk quotas</li>
  </ul>
</p>

Other Software Required:
python
python-ldap

Other Comments:
initial homepage is available at http://filibusta.crema.unimi.it/~cavok/prua/