= rim

* http://github.com/chicks/rim

== DESCRIPTION:

Ruby Identity Manager (rim) is a library for managing "identities" on remote systems. 

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

* Agent-less interface for manipulating user accounts
* Built-in support for POSIX style user management (/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, etc.)
* Supports common protocols: SSH, Telnet
* Extendable to support identity management on just about anything

== SYNOPSIS:

In a nutshell:
  
  require 'rim'

  # Create a new IdentityAdapter
  adapter = LinuxAdapter.new('127.0.0.1', 'root', 'letmein')

  # Grab a user
  user    = adapter.fetch_user 'pookie'

  name    = user.name
  uid     = user.uid
  gid     = user.gid
  gecos   = user.gecos
  home    = user.home_dir
  shell   = user.shell

  # Result is true or false
  result  = adapter.add_user('yogibear', 'yellowstone')

== REQUIREMENTS:

* net-ssh

== INSTALL:

* gem install rim

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2009 Carl Hicks <carl.hicks@gmail.com>

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