From: Mark Thomas <mark@...>
Date: 2008-09-30T02:49:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Using Perl modules

On Sep 29, 11:48 am, Jan Luehr <jlu...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Mark Thomas wrote:
> > On Sep 28, 5:08 pm, Jan Luehr <jlu...@gmx.net> wrote:
> >> Hello,
>
> >> since there are a lot of perl modules out there, I wonder if someone has
> >> tried to use perl modules / functions in Ruby recently.
>
> > Do you have one in mind? Many of the most useful perl modules are
> > available in some form for Ruby as well, they're just harder to find.
>
> I thought of using smbldap-tools as a high-level api for account management.
>
> Keep smiling
> yanosz

Well, smbldap-tools is invoked via a set of command-line programs, so
you can use them as-is from Ruby or create a more Rubyesque API by
wrapping the commands with Ruby classes. This is probably the easiest
thing to do.

There's also a Ruby LDAP interface (http://ruby-ldap.sourceforge.net/)
that may help you if you want to roll your own.

-- Mark.