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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Account modules (modules.inc)<br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Modules.inc</span> provides the
interface to all module specific functions. It includes a list of
account independent function and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">accountContainer</span>
class. This class represents an LDAP account.<br>
You should never call module functions directly, always use a function
in <span style="font-style: italic;">modules.inc</span>.<br>
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<h2>Account independent functions:</h2>
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<h3>General functions:</h3>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">getModuleAlias:</span> This returns
the alias name of a module. It is used to label buttons or fieldsets.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">parseHtml:</span> Converts the LAM
meta HTML code to real HTML code.<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br>
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<h3>Functions for LAM configuration:</h3>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">is_base_module:</span> When the given
module is a <span style="font-style: italic;">base module</span> then
this returns <span style="font-style: italic;">true</span>. Every
account type needs exactly one <span style="font-style: italic;">base
module</span>.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">getModulesDependencies:</span> Account
modules can specify dependencies to other modules. E.g. Samba accounts
always need a Unix part.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">check_module_depends/check_module_conflicts:</span>
This function checks if all module dependencies are satisfied.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">getAvailableModules:</span> Returns a
list of available modules. If you need a list of all active modules use
<span style="font-weight: bold;">$_SESSION['config']-&gt;</span><span
class="method-title"><span style="font-weight: bold;">get_AccountModules()</span>.</span><br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">getConfigOptions:</span> Returns a
list of all configuration options which were defined by the modules.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">getConfigDescriptions:</span> Returns
a list of all configuration descriptions and titles for the fieldsets.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">checkConfigOptions:</span> Checks if
the user filled in valid values for each option.<br>
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<h3>Account list functions:</h3>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">get_ldap_filter:</span> Each account
list shows only entries which match a given LDAP search filter.<br>
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<h3>Profile/account pages:</h3>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">getRDNAttributes:</span> This returns
a list of possible LDAP <span style="font-style: italic;">RDN</span>
attributes. LAM needs this to build the <span
style="font-style: italic;">DN</span> for new accounts.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">getProfileOptions:</span> Returns a
list of all profile options which were defined by the account modules.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">checkProfileOptions:</span> Checks if
all module options are correct.<br>
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<h3>Help functions:</h3>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">getHelp:</span> Returns a module help
entry.<br>
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<h3>PDF functions:</h3>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">getAvailablePDFFields:</span> Returns
a list of possible PDF fields.<br>
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<h3>Upload functions:</h3>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">getUploadColumns:</span> Returns a
list of possible upload columns and additional information like a
description, help entry and example value.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">buildUploadAccounts:</span> Takes the
input of the CSV file and builds the LDAP accounts.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">doUploadPostActions:</span> Manages
the execution of actions which need to be done after the accounts are
created.<br>
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<h2>Class accountContainer:</h2>
This class represents a complete LDAP account. It manages all functions
which concern a specific LDAP entry.<br>
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<h4>Important variables:</h4>
There are some class variables which can be of important use in the
account modules.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">module:</span> List of account modules
(array('name' =&gt; 'object')).<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">isNewAccount:</span> This variable is <span
style="font-style: italic;">true</span> when the account is newly
created, <span style="font-style: italic;">false</span> if loaded from
LDAP.<br>
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<h4>Function list:</h4>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">continue_main:</span> This function is
called when an account page is displayed. It generates the HTML code
for the account pages.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">get_module_attributes:</span> Returns
all attributes of a given object class.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">save_module_attributes:</span> Finds
differences between current and original account.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">load_account:</span> Loads an LDAP
account.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">new_account:</span> Creates a new
account.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">save_account:</span> Saves an account
to LDAP.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">get_pdfEntries:</span> Returns the PDF
values of an account.<br>
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