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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+#NOTE: I'm so sorry for this.
+try:
+ # if this file deos not exist, then we will jump to the exception and use
+ # the local PLCSH without passing any additional arguments.
+ os.stat("/etc/planetlab/master.py")
+ sys.path.append("/etc/planetlab")
+ import master
+
+ # Use the values given to us in the /etc/planetlab/master.py file taken from
+ # the master PLC and use them to construct the proper arguments to plcsh so
+ # that we can get a user list from managing, CoPLC
+ user=master.PLC_ROOT_USER
+ passwd=master.PLC_ROOT_PASSWORD
+ url = "https://" + master.PLC_API_HOST + ":" \
+ + master.PLC_API_PORT + master.PLC_API_PATH
+
+ plcsh_args = "--user=%s --password=%s --url=%s %s" % (user, passwd, url, " ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
+except:
+ plcsh_args = "%s" % " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
+
+dir = "/usr/share/plcrt"
+os.system("chmod 755 %s/getpersons.py" % dir)
+os.system("%s/getpersons.py %s -- admin | %s/adduserstort.pl priv -" % ( dir, plcsh_args, dir) )