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["christopher pax" <address@concealed>]

thanks for your help. This is what I tryed to do:
i made a directory /home/sympa/bin/etc/families/my_family

I placed this at the bottom of config.tt2:
[% IF ldap %]
     include_ldap_query
      attrs [% ldap.attrs %]
      filter [% ldap.filter %]
      name [% ldap.name %]
      port [% ldap.port %]
      host [% ldap.domain %]
      passwd [% ldap.password %]
      suffix [% ldap.suffix %]
      timeout 30
      user [% ldap.base %]
      scope [% ldap.scope %]
      select all
[% END %]

and attempted to create a list via this family with this xml, createListWithFamily.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
  <family>
    <list>
      <listname>liste1</listname>
      <subject>a list example</subject>
      <description/>
      <status>open</status>
      <language>us</language>
      <owner>
        <email>address@concealed</email>
      </owner>
        <ldap>
                <attrs>mail</attrs>
                <filter>((uid=valid))</filter>
                <name>ldap</name>
                <port>389</port>
                <host>ldapserver.aschool.edu</host>
                <passwd></passwd>
                <base></base>
                <scope>sub</scope>
                <select>all</select>
        </ldap>

    </list>
  </family>

Then I ran this command:

sympa.pl --instantiate_family my_family --robot mailtest.aschoool.edu --input_file /path/to/createListWithFamily.xml

which creates a list, but ignores all the ldap stuff. What can I do to get this to work?

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Serge Aumont <address@concealed> wrote:

Chris Pax wrote:

I have been able to get the SOAP to work, but its functionality is limited.

With SOAP I can create list, and add users. But what I also want to do
is set-up LDAP inclusion and who is owner, editor and moderator.

My plan is to create a config template which I can use to overwrite the config
for a newly created list (a list created via SOAP), in which I change certain
variables like LDAP query's and list owner.

my questions are,
after I have edited the config file, is there anything else I need to do so
that sympa recognizes it?
 

No, the last change date of the file is tested so if you modify it it will be reloaded.

is there a better way to edit the config file of a list?


This is the state I would like to get to, I want to make a function that looks
like this:

create_list( list_name, list_description, LDAP inclusion query, owners,
editors, moderators);

where LDAP inclusion query, owners, editors, moderators, are all ldap search
query's.
the function call would look like this:

create_list("list_name", "list description", "(type=Student)", "(type=admin)",
"(type=editors)","(type=moderators)");

and subsidiary functions like this:
set_owner("list_name", "(type=admin)");

if any of you have good suggestions to do all of this, any suggestion are
welcomed.
 

We have received several feature request about  list configuration using soap interface. I think the best way to do it may be to create 2 newq features :
 -list family : we may create a new family operation that could instantiate a family without removing any list. This operation would only create new list or update existing one.
 -soap interface may be used in order to instantiate a family using this new non destructive method.

I think this way would provide exacly your needs.

Regards
Serge

Hop this help.
Serge Aumont