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Struggles with useradmin-user-info element and Python

danieltd — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:04:49 GMT

I am trying to add a new user with a python script but it does not like my useradmin-user-info element and I am out of guesses for what is wrong.

Here is the command I am trying to get to work.

out = s.invoke("useradmin-user-add", "password", service_acct_passwd, "useradmin-user", opsmgr_user)

This is the error that I am getting.

Didn't find expected typedef useradmin-user-info for element useradmin-user

Below is how I am constructing the useradmin-user-info element.

opsmgr_user = NaElement("useradmin-user-info")

opsmgr_user.child_add_string("name", "OpsManager")

opsmgr_user.child_add_string("comment", "")

opsmgr_user.child_add(admin_group)

I have tried both building the admin_group element and pulling it. No luck with either.

#admin_group_pull = s.invoke("useradmin-group-list", "group-name", "administrators" )

#admin_group_pull = admin_group.child_get("useradmin-groups")

#admin_group_pull = admin_group.child_get("useradmin-group-info")

admin_group_make = NaElement("useradmin-group-info")

admin_group_make.child_add_string("name", "Administrators")

admin_group = NaElement("useradmin-groups")

admin_group.child_add(admin_group_make)

Here is a sprintf() of the opsmgr_user

<useradmin-user-info>

<name>OpsManager</name>

<useradmin-groups>

<useradmin-group-info>

<name>Administrators</name>

</useradmin-group-info>

</useradmin-groups>

</useradmin-user-info>

This seems to match perfectly with a sample pulled from an existing user.

test = s.invoke("useradmin-user-list", "user-name", "sftp_user2")

test = test.child_get("useradmin-users")

test = test.child_get("useradmin-user-info")

print(test.sprintf())

<useradmin-user-info>

<useradmin-groups>

<useradmin-group-info>

<name>sftp_group</name>

</useradmin-group-info>

</useradmin-groups>

</useradmin-user-info>

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Daniel DeCristofaro

Re: Struggles with useradmin-user-info element and Python

danieltd — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:54:41 GMT

Got the issue sorted out. Thanks Ben!

My problem was that the .invoke method only supports simple name value pairs and was not compatible with elements. I had use the .invoke_elem() method to pass the objects correctly.

snapdrive_user = NaElement("useradmin-user")
useradminuserinfoElement = NaElement("useradmin-user-info")
snapdrive_user.child_add(useradminuserinfoElement)
useradminuserinfoElement.child_add_string("name", "snapdrive")
useradmingroupsElement = NaElement("useradmin-groups")
useradminuserinfoElement.child_add(useradmingroupsElement)
useradmingroupinfoElement = NaElement("useradmin-group-info")
useradmingroupsElement.child_add(useradmingroupinfoElement)
useradmingroupinfoElement.child_add_string("name", "Administrators")
#print(snapdrive_user.sprintf())
opsmgr_user = NaElement("useradmin-user")
useradminuserinfoElement = NaElement("useradmin-user-info")
opsmgr_user.child_add(useradminuserinfoElement)
useradminuserinfoElement.child_add_string("name", "OpsManager")
useradmingroupsElement = NaElement("useradmin-groups")
useradminuserinfoElement.child_add(useradmingroupsElement)
useradmingroupinfoElement = NaElement("useradmin-group-info")
useradmingroupsElement.child_add(useradmingroupinfoElement)
useradmingroupinfoElement.child_add_string("name", "Administrators")
 
#print(opsmgr_user.sprintf())
 
add_snapdrive_user = NaElement("useradmin-user-add")
add_snapdrive_user.child_add_string("password", service_acct_passwd)
add_snapdrive_user.child_add(snapdrive_user)
#print(add_snapdrive_user.sprintf())
out = s.invoke_elem(add_snapdrive_user)
if (out.results_status() == "failed") :
    print ("Error:\n")
    print (out.sprintf())
    sys.exit (1)
add_opsmgr_user = NaElement("useradmin-user-add")
add_opsmgr_user.child_add_string("password", service_acct_passwd)
add_opsmgr_user.child_add(opsmgr_user)
#print(add_opsmgr_user.sprintf())
out = s.invoke_elem(add_opsmgr_user)
 
if (out.results_status() == "failed") :
    print ("Error:\n")
    print (out.sprintf())
    sys.exit (1)