diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/activedirectory.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/activedirectory.pm
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+# IBM(c) 2010 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+package xCAT_plugin::activedirectory;
+BEGIN
+{
+      $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
+}
+my $callback;
+use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
+sub handled_commands { 
+    return {
+        addclusteruser => 'site:directoryprovider',
+        addclouduser => 'site:directoryprovider',
+    };
+}
+sub process_request {
+    my $request = shift;
+    my $callback = shift;
+    my $doreq = shift;
+    use Data::Dumper;
+    sendmsg(Dumper($request));
+
+}
+
+sub sendmsg {
+    my $text = shift;
+    my $node = shift;
+    my $descr;
+    my $rc;
+    if (ref $text eq 'HASH') {
+        die "not right now";
+    } elsif (ref $text eq 'ARRAY') {
+        $rc = $text->[0];
+        $text = $text->[1];
+    }
+    if ($text =~ /:/) {
+        ($descr,$text) = split /:/,$text,2;
+    }
+    $text =~ s/^ *//;
+    $text =~ s/ *$//;
+    my $msg;
+    my $curptr;
+    if ($node) {
+        $msg->{node}=[{name => [$node]}];
+        $curptr=$msg->{node}->[0];
+    } else {
+        $msg = {};
+        $curptr = $msg;
+    }
+    if ($rc) {
+        $curptr->{errorcode}=[$rc];
+        $curptr->{error}=[$text];
+        $curptr=$curptr->{error}->[0];
+    } else {
+        $curptr->{data}=[{contents=>[$text]}];
+        $curptr=$curptr->{data}->[0];
+        if ($descr) { $curptr->{desc}=[$descr]; }
+    }
+#        print $outfd freeze([$msg]);
+#        print $outfd "\nENDOFFREEZE6sK4ci\n";
+#        yield;
+#        waitforack($outfd);
+    $callback->($msg);
+}