#!/bin/bash

#import needed modules
import ldap
import ldap.modlist as modlist

#change localhost and 389 to your host and port respectively
l = ldap.initialize("ldap://localhost:389/")
#change "secret" to root password and change cn and dc entries as needed
try:
l.simple_bind_s("cn=root,dc=example,dc=com","secret")
except ldap.LDAPError, e:
print 'Could not bind'

dn = 'cn=member1,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com'

#a dict to help build the "body" of our person
#use square brackets to enclose the name of your attr (couldn't get them to show up on here)
attrs = {}
attrs 'objectclass' = 'needed objects'
attrs 'cn' = 'member1'
attrs 'uid' = 'member1'
attrs 'mail' = 'member1@example.com'
attrs 'gidNumber' = '100'
attrs 'uidNumber' = '100'
attrs 'homeDirectory' = '/home/member1'
attrs 'userPassword' = 'someTempPassword'

#convert our dict to nice syntax for the add-function using modlist-mosdule
ldif = modlist.addModlist(attrs)

#do the actual synchronous add-operation to the ldapserver
l.add_s(dn,ldif)

#free up some resources
l.unbind_s

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