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+<?php
+/*
+$Id$
+
+  This code is part of LDAP Account Manager (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/lam)
+  Copyright (C) 2003  Roland Gruber
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+*/
+
+// profiles.inc provides functions to load and save profiles for users/groups/hosts
+
+// returns an array of String with all available user profiles
+function getUserProfiles() {
+}
+
+// returns an array of String with all available group profiles
+function getGroupProfiles() {
+}
+
+// returns an array of String with all available host profiles
+function getHostProfiles() {
+}
+
+// loads an user profile with name $profile
+// the return value is an account object
+function loadUserProfile($profile) {
+}
+
+// loads an group profile with name $profile
+// the return value is an account object
+function loadGroupProfile($profile) {
+}
+
+// loads an host profile with name $profile
+// the return value is an account object
+function loadHostProfile($profile) {
+}
+
+// saves an account object to an user profile with name $profile
+// file is created, if needed
+function saveUserProfile($account, $profile) {
+}
+
+// saves an account object to an group profile with name $profile
+// file is created, if needed
+function saveGroupProfile($account, $profile) {
+}
+
+// saves an account object to an host profile with name $profile
+// file is created, if needed
+function saveHostProfile($account, $profile) {
+}
+
+?>
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