old_contents: import tempfile
  import commands
  import os
  
  class NodeManager:
  
      method = None
  
      def __init__(self, config):
          self.config = config
  
      def __getattr__(self, method):
          self.method = method
          return self.__call__
      
      def __call__(self, *args):
          method = self.method
          ### WARNING -- hardwired name needs to be computed
          sfa_slice_prefix = self.config.SFA_CM_SLICE_PREFIX 
          sfa_slice = sfa_slice_prefix + "_sfacm"
          python = "/usr/bin/python"
          vserver_path = "/vservers/%s" % (sfa_slice)
          script_path = "/tmp/"
          path = "%(vserver_path)s/%(script_path)s" % locals()
          (fd, filename) = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=path)        
          scriptname = script_path + os.sep + filename.split(os.sep)[-1:][0]
          # define the script to execute
          script = """
  #!%(python)s
  import xmlrpclib
  s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://127.0.0.1:812')
  print s.%(method)s%(args)s"""  % locals()
  
          try:    
              # write the script to a temporary file
              f = open(filename, 'w')
              f.write(script % locals())
              f.close()
              # make the file executeable
              chmod_cmd = "/bin/chmod 775 %(filename)s" % locals()
              print chmod_cmd
              (status, output) = commands.getstatusoutput(chmod_cmd)
  
              # execute the commad as a slice with root NM privs    
              cmd = 'su - %(sfa_slice)s -c "%(python)s %(scriptname)s"' % locals()
              print cmd
              (status, output) = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
              return (status, output)  
          finally: os.unlink(filename)
  
new_contents: import tempfile
  import commands
  import os
  
  class NodeManager:
  
      method = None
  
      def __init__(self, config):
          self.config = config
  
      def __getattr__(self, method):
          self.method = method
          return self.__call__
      
      def __call__(self, *args):
          method = self.method
          ### WARNING -- hardwired name needs to be computed
          sfa_slice_prefix = self.config.SFA_CM_SLICE_PREFIX 
          sfa_slice = sfa_slice_prefix + "_sfacm"
          python = "/usr/bin/python"
          vserver_path = "/vservers/%s" % (sfa_slice)
          script_path = "/tmp/"
          path = "%(vserver_path)s/%(script_path)s" % locals()
          (fd, filename) = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=path)        
          scriptname = script_path + os.sep + filename.split(os.sep)[-1:][0]
          # define the script to execute
          script = """
  #!%(python)s
  import xmlrpclib
  s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://127.0.0.1:812')
  print s.%(method)s%(args)s"""  % locals()
  
          try:    
              # write the script to a temporary file
              f = open(filename, 'w')
              f.write(script % locals())
              f.close()
              # make the file executeable
              chmod_cmd = "/bin/chmod 775 %(filename)s" % locals()
              (status, output) = commands.getstatusoutput(chmod_cmd)
  
              # execute the commad as a slice with root NM privs    
              cmd = 'su - %(sfa_slice)s -c "%(python)s %(scriptname)s"' % locals()
              (status, output) = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
              return (status, output)  
          finally: os.unlink(filename)
  
subject: remove debugging output