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credential-sheets(1)


NAME

   credential-sheets - Account Credential Sheets Tool

SYNOPSIS

   credential-sheets [ [options] <CSV-file-1> [<CSV-file-2> [...]]  ]

DESCRIPTION

   After  mass  import  of  user  accounts  (e.g.  into  LDAP)  most  site
   administrators  have  to  create  information  sheets   (or   snippets)
   containing  those  new  credentials (like username, password, policy of
   usage, etc.).

   With this tiny tool, providing these pieces of information to  multiple
   users, becomes really simple. Account data is taken from a CSV file and
   the sheets are output as PDF using easily configurable  LaTeX  template
   files.

OPTIONS

   credential-sheets accepts the following command-line options:

   --help Display a help with all available command line options and exit.

   --template=<tpl-name>
          Name of the template to use.

   --cols=<x>
          Render <x> columns per sheet.

   --rows=<y>
          Render <y> rows per sheet.

   --zip  Do create a ZIP file at the end.

   --zipfilename=<zip-file-name>
          Alternative ZIP file name (default: name of parent folder).

   --debug
          Don't remove temporary files.

CSV FILE FORMAT

   The credential-sheets tool can handle any sort of column arrangement in
   given CSV file(s). It expects the CSV file(s) to have column  names  in
   their first line.

   The   given  column  names  have  to  map  to  the  "VAR-<column-name>"
   placeholders in credential-sheets's LaTeX templates.

   The shipped-with templates ("students", "teachers")  can  handle  these
   column names:

     * login -- The user account's login id (uid)
     * lastName -- The user's last name(s)
     * firstName -- The user's first name(s)
     * password -- The user's password
     * form -- The form name/ID (student template only)
     * subjects -- A list of subjects taught by a teacher (teacher
       template only)

   If  you  create  your  own templates, you can be very flexible in using
   your own column names and template  names.  Only  make  sure  that  the
   column  names  provided  in  the  CSV  file(s)'s  first  line match the
   variables used in the customized LaTeX template. See below for details.

CUSTOMIZATIONS

   The  shipped-with  credential  sheets  templates  are  expected  to  be
   installed    in   ``/usr/share/credential-sheets/``   for   system-wide
   installations. When customizing templates, simply place a modified copy
   of    any    of   those   files   into   ``~/.credential-sheets/``   or
   ``/etc/credential-sheets/``. For further details, see below.

   The credential-sheets tool uses these *configuration* files:

     * header.tex (LaTeX file header)
     * <tpl-name>-template.tex (where as <tpl-name> "students" and
       "teachers" is provided on default installations, this is extensible
       by defining your own template files, see below).
     * footer.tex (LaTeX file footer)

   Search paths for configuration files (in listed order):

     * $HOME/.credential-sheets/
     * ./
     * /etc/credential-sheets/
     * /usr/local/share/credential-sheets/
     * /usr/share/credential-sheets/

   You can easily customize the resulting PDF files  generated  with  this
   tool  by  placing  your  own  template  files,  header and footer where
   appropriate.

FILES

   /usr/share/credentail-sheets/*.tex

   /etc/credential-sheets/*.tex (optional)

   $HOME/.credential-sheets/*.tex (optional)

AUTHOR

   This manual and the credential-sheets tool itself has been written  for
   the   Debian   Edu   project   by   Mike   Gabriel   <mike.gabriel@das-
   netzwerkteam.de>.



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