v0.2.0

[v0.2.0]

Added

• Initial addition of commandd:

  • Get-nxKernelInfo: A simple wrapper around uname -a.
  • Get-nxLinuxStandardBaseRelease: A quick wrap of lsb_release -a command (this lsb_release must be present on the system).
  • Get-nxDistributionInfo: Parsing information found in /etc/*-release.
  • Get-nxItem: Similar to Get-Item for file system provider but on Linux using ls -d.
  • Get-nxChildItem: Similar to Get-ChildItem for the FileSystem provider but on Linux, this will use the ls command.
  • Compare-nxFileSystemMode: An easy way to compare two sets of unix file system permissions.
    You can use a Symbolic notation (rwxrwxrwx), or the numericla permission (777 or 0777).
  • Get-nxLocalUser: Read and parse local users from /etc/passwd.
  • New-nxLocalUser: Create a new Local User using useradd.
  • Set-nxLocalUser: Set the properties of a Local User using usermod.
  • New-nxLocalGroup: Create a new Local Group using groupadd.
  • Get-nxLocalGroup: Read and parse local groups from /etc/group.
  • Set-nxLocalGroup: Set the properties of an existing local group using gpasswd.
  • Get-nxLocalUserMemberOf: Get the groups ([nxLocalGroup[]]) a Local user is member of.
  • Add-nxLocalGroupMember: Add users to a group using gpasswd.
  • Set-nxGroupOwnership: Set the group owning the files and folders using chgrp.
  • Add-nxLocalUserToGroup: Add user to groups using usermod.
  • Set-nxMode: Set files and folder mode (permisisons) using chmod.
  • Set-nxOwner: Set the owner for files and folders (and optionally the group ownership) using chown.
  • Set-nxLocalGroupMember: Set (and replace) the members of an existing group using gpasswd.
  • Remove-nxLocalUser: Delete a Local user using userdel.
  • Remove-nxLocalGroupMember: Removes users from a local group using gpasswd.
  • Remove-nxLocalGroup: Delete a local group using groupdel.
  • Get-nxEtcShadow: Get a user's /etc/shadow entry if it exists.
  • Disable-nxLocalUser: Lock a user's password, Expire its account and replace its Shell to /sbin/nologin.
  • Enable-nxLocalUser: Unlock a user's password, can set the ExpireOn date and replace the Shell from a value from /etc/shells.
  • Compress-nxArchive: Compress files and folders using the tar command.
  • Expand-nxArchive: Uncompress or read files and folder from an archive using the tar command.

• Supporting Enums and Classes for File System permissions.

  • In order to make interpretation, Comparison, and manipulation of File system permissions easier,
    the module implements a few classes and enum to make that work.

• DscResource:

  • nxUser: Simple resource to manage [nxLocalUser] accounts.
  • nxGroup: Simple resource to manage [nxLocalGroup] and group members.
  • nxFile: Simple resource to manage [nxItem] (file or directory).

Changed

• Moved source in subfolders per categories (File/Folders, User/Groups).
• Testing using Git Tools task (the new GitVersion).

Fixed

• Fixed the main branch to release from to be main instead of master.
• Removing the 'Configure winrm' tasks (as we're only running on linux).
• Added the DocGenerator tasks to build.yaml.
• Fixed casing to nxtools because I can't change PSGallery package casing.
• Removing dupplicate files.