Create lots of users for an openldap server

create-ldap-users.py

import ldap
import ldap.modlist

con = ldap.initialize('ldap://10.5.0.15')
con.simple_bind_s('cn=admin,dc=test,dc=com', 'crapper')

ldap_base = 'dc=test,dc=com'
query = '(uid=johndoe)'
result = con.search_s(ldap_base, ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, query)

for i in xrange(12500):
    user_num = '{0:0>5}'.format(i)
    uid = 'testuser{user_num}'.format(user_num=user_num)
    dn = 'uid={uid},ou=users,dc=test,dc=com'.format(uid=uid)
    if i % 100 == 0:
        print("... current user = {}".format(user_num))
    modlist = {
        'objectClass': ['inetOrgPerson', 'posixAccount', 'shadowAccount'],
        'uid': [uid],
        'sn': ['Test User {}'.format(user_num)],
        'givenName': ['Test'],
        'cn': [uid],
        'displayName': ['Test User 00001'],
        'uidNumber': ['{}'.format(5000+i)],
        'gidNumber': ['{}'.format(600+i)],
        'loginShell': ['/bin/sh'],
        'homeDirectory': ['/home/{}'.format(uid)],
        'userPassword': ['{MD5}X03MO1qnZdYdgyfeuILPmQ=='], # password
    }
    con.add_s(dn, ldap.modlist.addModlist(modlist))