cmum-for-multics

A simple php-script to export users from CSP MySQL User Manager into MultiCS

Requirements

PHP 5.3.0 or newer
MySQL 5.0 or newer
CSP MySQL User Manager 3.0 or newer

Download

You can download the newest release at http://github.com/dukereborn/cmum-for-multics/releases/

Installation

Download and extract the php script to your server
Open the php script in a texteditor and edit the config part
Edit mutlics to fetch users from file
Execute the php script to generate multics user files

cmum-for-multics config part

// mysql settings for cmum3 database
define("DBHOST",""); <- hostname for mysql server
define("DBUSER",""); <- mysql server username
define("DBPASS",""); <- mysql server password
define("DBNAME",""); <- cmum3 database name

// local settings
define("CHARSET","utf-8"); <- change to match cmum3 installation (utf-8 or utf-16)
define("TIMEZONE","Europe/London"); <- change to match your timezone, list found here http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

// multics settings
define("CCCAMFILE",""); <- full path to multics cccam user file, leave empty if not used
define("MGCAMDFILE",""); <- full path to multics mgcamd user file, leave empty if not used
define("NEWCAMDFILE",""); <- full path to multics newcamd user file, leave empty if not used

// misc settings
define("PROFILEFIELD","cspvalue"); <- what cmum profile field to use for profile data (cspvalue or comment)

sample cmum-for-multics config

// mysql settings for cmum3 database
define("DBHOST","localhost");
define("DBUSER","admin");
define("DBPASS","password");
define("DBNAME","cmum3");

// local settings
define("CHARSET","utf-8");
define("TIMEZONE","Europe/London");

// multics settings
define("CCCAMFILE","/usr/share/multics/cccamusers");
define("MGCAMDFILE","/usr/share/multics/mgcamdusers");
define("NEWCAMDFILE","/usr/share/multics/newcamdusers");

// misc settings
define("PROFILEFIELD","cspvalue");

Change MultiCS to fetch users from file

Edit your multics.cfg to include users from file like this, only used fils are required

INCLUDE: "/usr/share/multics/cccamusers"
INCLUDE: "/usr/share/multics/mgcamdusers"
INCLUDE: "/usr/share/multics/newcamdusers"

Running cmum-for-multics

There are some different ways on how to run cmum-for-multics

one time
by cronjob or scheduled task
looped in a screen session

one time

php cmumformultics.php

by cronjob or scheduled task

setup your cronjob or scheduled task to execute the scrip in your given interval

looped in a screen session

php cmumformultics.php -l <loop interval in seconds, default is 300>

User usage in CSP MySQL User Manager

Profiles

In cmum, when adding profiles, enter the multics profile port number in the cspvalue field

Users

For cmum-for-multics to find what users to use where, enter the corresponding cam in the boxtype field on each user. Available values are:

cccam
mgcamd
newcamd

Fields used by cmum-for-multics

Username
Password
Displayname
Profiles
IP mask

Contact me

If you find any bugs, got an idea or just wanna say "Hi!", send me a email on dukereborn@gmail.com. You can also follow me on twitter for updates and news http://www.twitter.com/dukereborn/

Donations

All donations are welcome through paypal to account dukereborn@gmail.com

Last words

This is a quick and ugly script, will try to make it better in the future.

License

Released under the MIT license

jackuzzy / cmum-for-multics