diff --git a/bin/gva b/bin/gva
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b80a95f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/gva
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007 by Jan Dittberner.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+#
+# Version: $Id$
+
+import gnuviechadmin.cli.client
+import gnuviechadmin.cli.sysuser
+import sys
+
+def usage():
+    print """%s <command> [commandargs]
+
+where command is one of
+
+  client   - for creating clients
+  sysuser  - for creating system users
+""" % sys.argv[0]
+
+def main():
+    if (sys.argv.__len__() < 2):
+        usage()
+        sys.exit()
+    command = sys.argv[1]
+    commargs = sys.argv[2:]
+    if command == "client":
+        gnuviechadmin.cli.client.ClientCli(commargs)
+    elif command == "sysuser":
+        gnuviechadmin.cli.sysuser.SysuserCli(commargs)
+    else:
+        usage()    
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/cli/CliCommand.py b/gnuviechadmin/cli/CliCommand.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2f994e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/cli/CliCommand.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007 by Jan Dittberner.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+#
+# Version: $Id$
+
+import getopt, sys
+
+class CliCommand:
+    """Base class for command line interface."""
+    def usage(self):
+        """This method should print usage information for the command."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def shortopts(self):
+        """This method should return an option string for the short
+        options for getopt.gnu_getopt(...)."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def longopts(self):
+        """This method should return a list of long options for
+        getopt.gnu_getopt(...)."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def handleoption(self, option, argument):
+        """This method should handle each option known to the command."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def execute(self):
+        """This method is called when the command is executed."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def checkrequired(self):
+        """This methode is called after handling command line options
+        and should check whether all required values were set."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def __parseopts(self, args):
+        """This method parses the options given on the command line."""
+        longopts = ["help", "verbose"]
+        longopts.extend(self.longopts())
+        try:
+            opts, args = getopt.gnu_getopt(
+                args,
+                "hv" + self.shortopts(),
+                longopts)
+        except getopt.GetoptError:
+            self.usage()
+            sys.exit(2)
+        self.verbose = False
+        for o, a in opts:
+            if o in ("-v", "--verbose"):
+                self.verbose = True
+            if o in ("-h", "--help"):
+                self.usage()
+                sys.exit()
+            self.handleoption(o, a)
+
+    def __init__(self, args):
+        """This initializes the command with the given command line
+        arguments and executes it."""
+        self.__parseopts(args)
+        if (self.checkrequired()):
+            self.execute()
+        else:
+            self.usage()
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/cli/__init__.py b/gnuviechadmin/cli/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fa6c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/cli/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007 by Jan Dittberner.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+#
+# Version: $Id$
+
+"""This is the gnuviechadmin.cli package.
+
+This package provides modules for the command line interface of the
+gnuviechadmin server administration suite."""
+
+__all__ = ["client", "sysuser"]
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/cli/client.py b/gnuviechadmin/cli/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..646bd68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/cli/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007 by Jan Dittberner.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+#
+# Version: $Id$
+
+import CliCommand, sys
+from gnuviechadmin import client
+
+class ClientCli(CliCommand.CliCommand):
+    """Command line interface command for client creation."""
+    def shortopts(self):
+        return "f:l:a:z:c:e:p:o:t:m:x:"
+
+    def longopts(self):
+        return ["firstname=", "lastname=", "address=", "zip=",
+                "city=", "email=", "phone=", "address2=", "organisation=",
+                "country=", "title=", "mobile=", "fax="]
+
+    def usage(self):
+        print """Usage: %s client [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose]
+ [-t <title>|--title=<title>]
+ -f <firstname>|--firstname=<firstname> -l <lastname>|--lastname=<lastname>
+ -a <address1>|--address=<address1> [--address2=<address2>]
+ -z <zip>|--zip=<zip> -c <city>|--city=<city> [--country=<isocode>]
+ [-o <organisation>|--organisation=<organisation>]
+ -e <email>|--email=<email> -p <phone>|--phone=<phone>
+ [-m <mobile>|--mobile=<mobile>] [-x <fax>|--fax=<fax>]
+
+General options:
+  -h, --help         show this usage message and exit
+  -v, --verbose      verbose operation
+
+Mandatory client data options:
+  -f, --firstname    firstname
+  -l, --lastname     lastname
+  -a, --address      street address
+  -z, --zip          zip or postal code
+  -c, --city         city or location
+  -e, --email        contact email address
+  -p, --phone        telephone number
+
+Optional client data options:
+  --address2         optional second line of the street address
+  -o, --organisation option organisation
+  --country          country (defaults to de)
+  -t, --title        optional title
+  -m, --mobile       optional mobile number
+  -x, --fax          optional fax number
+""" % sys.argv[0]
+
+    def handleoption(self, o, a):
+        if o in ("-f", "--firstname"):
+            self.data["firstname"] = a
+        elif o in ("-l", "--lastname"):
+            self.data["lastname"] = a
+        elif o in ("-a", "--address"):
+            self.data["address1"] = a
+        elif o in ("-z", "--zip"):
+            self.data["zip"] = a
+        elif o in ("-c", "--city"):
+            self.data["city"] = a
+        elif o == "--country":
+            self.data["country"] = a
+        elif o in ("-t", "--title"):
+            self.data["title"] = a
+        elif o in ("-m", "--mobile"):
+            self.data["mobile"] = a
+        elif o in ("-e", "--email"):
+            self.data["email"] = a
+        elif o in ("-o", "--organisation"):
+            self.data["organisation"] = a
+        elif o in ("-x", "--fax"):
+            self.data["fax"] = a
+        elif o in ("-p", "--phone"):
+            self.data["phone"] = a
+
+    def checkrequired(self):
+        required = ['firstname', 'lastname', 'address1', 'zip', 'city',
+                    'phone', 'email']
+        if self.verbose:
+            print self.data
+        for req in required:
+            if not req in self.data:
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    def execute(self):
+        myclient = client.create(**self.data)
+        if self.verbose:
+            print myclient
+
+    def __init__(self, argv):
+        self.data = {}
+        CliCommand.CliCommand.__init__(self, argv)
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/cli/sysuser.py b/gnuviechadmin/cli/sysuser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ae2839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/cli/sysuser.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pass
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/client.py b/gnuviechadmin/client.py
index 561e628..3cf1852 100644
--- a/gnuviechadmin/client.py
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/client.py
@@ -49,28 +49,6 @@ class Client(object):
         if missingfields:
             raise MissingFieldsError(missingfields)
 
-    # def __repr__(self):
-    #          return """Client (Id %(clientid)d):
-    #  Name:    %(title)s %(firstname)s %(lastname)s
-    #  Address: %(address1)s
-    #           %(address2)s
-    #           %(zip)s %(city)s (%(country)s)
-    #  Phone:   %(phone)s
-    #  Mobile:  %(mobile)s
-    #  Fax:     %(fax)s
-    #  Email:   %(email)s""" % ({'clientid'  : self.clientid,
-    #                            'title'     : self.title,
-    #                            'firstname' : self.firstname,
-    #                            'lastname'  : self.lastname,
-    #                            'address1'  : self.address1,
-    #                            'address2'  : self.address2,
-    #                            'zip'       : self.zip,
-    #                            'city'      : self.city,
-    #                            'country'   : self.country,
-    #                            'phone'     : self.phone,
-    #                            'mobile'    : self.mobile,
-    #                            'fax'       : self.fax,
-    #                            'email'     : self.email})
     def __repr__(self):
         return "%(clientid)d,%(firstname)s,%(lastname)s,%(email)s" % (
             {'clientid' : self.clientid, 'firstname' : self.firstname,
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/tables.py b/gnuviechadmin/tables.py
index f973f48..f254a7d 100644
--- a/gnuviechadmin/tables.py
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/tables.py
@@ -20,17 +20,11 @@
 # Version: $Id$
 
 from sqlalchemy import *
-from pkg_resources import Requirement, resource_filename
 import ConfigParser, os
 
 config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
-config.readfp(
-    open(resource_filename(Requirement.parse('gnuviechadmin'),
-                           'gnuviechadmin/defaults.cfg')))
-config.read([
-    resource_filename(Requirement.parse('gnuviechadmin'),
-                      'gnuviechadmin/gva.cfg'),
-    os.path.expanduser('~/.gva.cfg')])
+config.readfp(open('gnuviechadmin/defaults.cfg'))
+config.read(['gnuviechadmin/gva.cfg', os.path.expanduser('~/.gva.cfg')])
 
 meta = BoundMetaData(config.get('database', 'uri'))
 client_table = Table(
@@ -64,4 +58,3 @@ sysuser_table = Table(
     Column('lastchange', DateTime, default=func.now())
     )
 sysuser_table.create(checkfirst=True)
-