iChat Server......Client Buddy List cleanup?

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iChat Server......Client Buddy List cleanup?

Hi!

OSX 10.6.5 on an x-serve.

Is there a way to have the account my users use for jabber server on their client (we ONLY have an internal ichat server) reflect the actual users set up on the server?

As an example, clients have users that were added at one time, but now those users are no longer employees and accounts are deleted.

Is there a way to clean this up without traveling to each computer?

X-Serve, iMac - Various years, Macbook Pro 2010, iPhone, AIX, Windows 7, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 14, 2011 7:29 AM

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Tim Harris

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Jan 28, 2011 2:09 PM in response to cpguru21

Yes - you can use the command line tool jabber_autobuddy. Use the -h switch for more info. Make a backup of your DB first.

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Feb 2, 2011 8:54 PM in response to Tim Harris

Trimming users from iChat (Jabber) service is a manual, command line, process. I keep this list of commands nearby as a reference.

• To check status of Jabber service
*server:~ ladmin$ sudo serveradmin fullstatus jabber*
Password:
jabber:state = "RUNNING"
jabber:readWriteSettingsVersion = 1
jabber:logPaths:PROXY_LOG = "/private/var/jabberd/log/proxy65.log"
jabber:logPaths:MUC STDLOG = "/var/jabberd/log/mu-conference.log"
jabber:logPaths:JABBER_LOG = "/var/log/system.log"
jabber:proxyState = "RUNNING"
jabber:currentConnections = "1"
jabber:currentConnectionsPort1 = "1"
jabber:currentConnectionsPort2 = "0"
jabber:pluginVersion = "10.6.100"
jabber:serviceMode = "CHATSERVER"
jabber:domainName = "server01.pretendco.com"
jabber:mucState = "RUNNING"
jabber:servicePortsAreRestricted = "NO"
jabber:servicePortsRestrictionInfo = emptyarray
jabber:hosts: arrayindex:0 = "server01.pretendco.com"
jabber:setStateVersion = 1
jabber:startedTime = "2010-05-17 15:02:02 +1000"
jabber:jabberdState = "RUNNING"
server:~ ladmin$

• AutoBuddy feature
One time only and used to automatically add users to buddy list:
*server:~ ladmin$ sudo serveradmin settings jabber:enableAutoBuddy = yes*
This will do the same thing but the above command is better.
*server:~ ladmin$ sudo /usr/bin/jabber_autobuddy -m*
This will automatically add users to your buddy list but not necessarily "authorise" them (to be able to see availability status). I've read a suggestion it is better to leave enableAutoBudy = 'no' and let people add others manually to their buddy list. I haven't decided which is better.
*server:~ ladmin$ sudo serveradmin settings jabber:enableAutoBuddy = no*

• Start and stop Jabber service from command line
*sudo serveradmin stop jabber*
*sudo serveradmin start jabber*

• To get a list of users registered in iChat (Jabber) service
server:~ ladmin$ *sudo sqlite3 /var/jabberd/sqlite/jabberd2.db "select * from active"*
user1@server01.pretendco.com |1|1274326417
user2@server01.pretendco.com |2|1274326419
user3@server01.pretendco.com |3|1274326421
user4@server01.pretendco.com |4|1274326423
user5@server01.pretendco.com |5|1274326431
user6@server01.pretendco.com |6|1274326540
user7@server01.pretendco.com |7|1274326559
server:~ ladmin$

• To remove a user from buddy list
*server:~ ladmin$ sudo /usr/bin/jabber_autobuddy -r user5@server01.pretendco.com*

• To delete user from Jabber database
*server:~ ladmin$ sudo /usr/bin/jabber_autobuddy -d user5@server01.pretendco.com*

• To delete the database altogether
*server:~ ladmin$ sudo rm /private/var/jabberd/sqlite/jabberd2.db*

• To check existence of database
*server:~ ladmin$ sudo ls -la /private/var/jabberd/sqlite*

Message was edited by: Sam Venning

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