How to verify if login can be used ?

[zone-vip]

Hello,

I'm currently programming a reseller automated system based on cPanel.
I actually have a little problem : during the registering, the user must choose a login.

I want to verify if the login already exists or not and I don't seems to be able to do that.

The only thing to know this if to try to create a new account, and at this moment, if the request return me a "Sorry, that username is already taken. Check /usr/passwd", it's that this login already exists.

Is there any solution to test the login before creating a new account, or simply list all usernames that are on cPanel ?

Thanks for your help,

Vincent 'hokys' Composieux

[cPanelDavidG]

Hello,

I'm currently programming a reseller automated system based on cPanel.
I actually have a little problem : during the registering, the user must choose a login.

I want to verify if the login already exists or not and I don't seems to be able to do that.

The only thing to know this if to try to create a new account, and at this moment, if the request return me a "Sorry, that username is already taken. Check /usr/passwd", it's that this login already exists.

Is there any solution to test the login before creating a new account, or simply list all usernames that are on cPanel ?

Thanks for your help,

Vincent 'hokys' Composieux

You can search for an existing user account using our XML API as documented here:

http://www.cpanel.net/plugins/xmlapi/listaccts.html

[zone-vip]

Thanks for your reply.

When i call this url to test your XML API :
http://mydomain.com:2086/xml-api/lis...rch=*=vincenth

the XML returns me :

Erreur d'analyse XML : aucun élément trouvé
Emplacement : http://mydomain.com:2086/xml-api/listaccts?searchtype=user&search=vincenth
Numéro de ligne 3, Colonne 1 :
^

When i try to create an account with this username using the PHP Accounting API, it returns me :

0 Sorry that username (vincenth) is taken. Check /etc/passwd

(it's normal, i created him before, but the API don't list me the user list, using listaccts() like it's specified here : http://www.cpanel.net/remoteaccess-php.html).

Any other solution ?

[cPanelDavidG]

Thanks for your reply.

When i call this url to test your XML API :
http://mydomain.com:2086/xml-api/lis...rch=*=vincenth

the XML returns me :

Erreur d'analyse XML : aucun élément trouvé
Emplacement : http://mydomain.com:2086/xml-api/listaccts?searchtype=user&search=vincenth
Numéro de ligne 3, Colonne 1 :
^

The XML-API should not be returning that. If a user is not found, it will return:

<listaccts>
<status>1</status>
<statusmsg>Ok</statusmsg>
</listaccts>
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What is the full version number for your installation of cPanel/WHM?

[zone-vip]

I'm using cPanel 11.23.6-RELEASE build 26881.

[cPanelDavidG]

I'm using cPanel 11.23.6-RELEASE build 26881.

Hmm, several XML-API issues were resolved in 11.23.6. Were you calling this URL by entering it into your address bar in your web browser? If so, were you logged into WHM at the time as a root-level user or reseller?

[zone-vip]

Yes i'm calling the URL in a web browser.
When i call it, i'm logged with a reseller account. Is there a problem ?

Thanks and sorry for the time you spend ...

[cPanelDavidG]

Yes i'm calling the URL in a web browser.
When i call it, i'm logged with a reseller account. Is there a problem ?

Thanks and sorry for the time you spend ...

There shouldn't be an issue. However, as a reseller, you would only have access to knowing the usernames of users you own. Ideally, it would be the root user handling this via the APIs.

As a reseller, the only alternative I am aware of is similar to what you are doing right now. Though in the long-term you may wish to consider moving to the XML-API as it offers more functionality than the older accounting system.

[zone-vip]

Ok, i will try this manipulation on the root-level account.

However, i will certainly move to use the XML-API.

Thanks for all,

Vincent 'hokys' Composieux

[zone-vip]

Just for information : it works perfectly with a root-level account. Thanks ;-)

I asked to my admin to turn the "list accounts" to enable and it works with my reseller account to.

[zone-vip]

Hum, another little question : Is it possible to create a root-level account with the only privilege to list the cPanel users, or simply remove some rights to give him the minimum ? (just for security)

[cPanelDavidG]

Hum, another little question : Is it possible to create a root-level account with the only privilege to list the cPanel users, or simply remove some rights to give him the minimum ? (just for security)

At this time, this functionality is not present in cPanel/WHM. Feel welcome to request it at http://bugzilla.cPanel.net