Break the script into several smaller methods. Use modern idioms: os.path.join instead of string addition; the with statement for closing files. Add --quiet, --verbose, and --log-file options. Use logging instead of print statements. (http://freeipa.org/page/V3/Logging_and_output) Part of: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2652 Fixes: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3285
This is a set of libraries common to IPA clients and servers though mostly
geared currently towards command-line tools.
A brief overview:
config.py - identify the IPA server domain and realm. It uses python-dns to
try to detect this information first and will fall back to
/etc/ipa/default.conf if that fails.
ipautil.py - helper functions
entity.py - entity is the main data type. User and Group extend this class
(but don't add anything currently).
ipavalidate.py - basic data validation routines