When enabling/disabling Django user, also enable/disable the corresponding POSIX user.

actions/disable-user

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This file is part of Plinth.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# Must be run as root.
+
+username="$1"
+
+usermod --expiredate 1 "$username"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed"
+fi

actions/enable-user

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This file is part of Plinth.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# Must be run as root.
+
+username="$1"
+
+usermod --expiredate "" "$username"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed"
+fi

plinth/modules/users/forms.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 from django import forms
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm, SetPasswordForm
 from gettext import gettext as _
 
@@ -41,6 +42,26 @@ class CreateUserForm(UserCreationForm):
         return user
 
 
+class UserUpdateForm(forms.ModelForm):
+    """When user is enabled/disabled, also enables/disables the POSIX user."""
+
+    class Meta:
+        fields = ('username', 'groups', 'is_active')
+        model = User
+        widgets = {
+            'groups': forms.widgets.CheckboxSelectMultiple(),
+        }
+
+    def save(self, commit=True):
+        user = super(UserUpdateForm, self).save(commit)
+        if commit:
+            if user.is_active:
+                actions.superuser_run('enable-user', [user.username])
+            else:
+                actions.superuser_run('disable-user', [user.username])
+        return user
+
+
 class UserChangePasswordForm(SetPasswordForm):
     """Custom form that also updates password for POSIX users."""
 

plinth/modules/users/views.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-from django import forms
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth import update_session_auth_hash
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ from django.views.generic.edit import (CreateView, DeleteView, UpdateView,
 from django.views.generic import ListView
 from gettext import gettext as _
 
-from .forms import CreateUserForm, UserChangePasswordForm
+from .forms import CreateUserForm, UserUpdateForm, UserChangePasswordForm
 
 
 subsubmenu = [{'url': reverse_lazy('users:index'),
@@ -65,19 +64,11 @@ class UserList(ContextMixin, ListView):
 class UserUpdate(ContextMixin, SuccessMessageMixin, UpdateView):
     """View to update a user's details."""
     template_name = 'users_update.html'
-    fields = ('username', 'groups', 'is_active')
     model = User
+    form_class = UserUpdateForm
     slug_field = 'username'
     success_message = _('User %(username)s updated.')
     title = _('Edit User')
-    widgets = {
-        'groups': forms.widgets.CheckboxSelectMultiple(),
-    }
-
-    def get_form_class(self):
-        """Return a form class generated from user model."""
-        return forms.models.modelform_factory(self.model, fields=self.fields,
-                                              widgets=self.widgets)
 
     def get_success_url(self):
         """Return the URL to redirect to in case of successful updation."""