Generating users¶
Many a times, a network admin might need to generate temporary users for events etc. This feature can be used for generating users by specifying a prefix and the number of users to be generated. There are many features included in it such as:
- Generating users in batches: all of the users of a particular prefix would be stored in batches and can be retrieved/ deleted easily using the batch functions.
- Set an expiration date: Expiration date can be set for a batch after which the users would not able to authenticate to the RADIUS Server.
- PDF: Get the usernames and passwords generated outputted into a PDF.
This can be accomplished from both the admin interface and the management command.
prefix_add_users
¶
This command generates users whose usernames start with a particular prefix. Usage is as shown below.
./manage.py prefix_add_users --name <name_of_batch> \
--prefix <prefix> \
--n <number_of_users>
--expiration <expiration_date> \
--password-length <password_length>
Note that the expiration and password-length are optional parameters which default to never and 8 respectively.
Adding from admin inteface¶
At the url /admin/django_freeradius/radiusbatch/add one can directly generate users using the prefix and the number of users. A PDF can be downloaded immediately after the users have been generated.