diff --git a/nsupdate/management/commands/faults.py b/nsupdate/management/commands/faults.py
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+"""
+reinitialize the test user account (and clean up)
+"""
+
+from optparse import make_option
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from nsupdate.main.models import Host
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = 'deal with the faults counters'
+
+    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
+        make_option('--show-server',
+            action='store_true',
+            dest='show_server',
+            default=False,
+            help='reset the server fault counters of all hosts',
+        ),
+        make_option('--show-client',
+            action='store_true',
+            dest='show_client',
+            default=False,
+            help='reset the server fault counters of all hosts',
+        ),
+        make_option('--reset-server',
+            action='store_true',
+            dest='reset_server',
+            default=False,
+            help='reset the server fault counters of all hosts',
+        ),
+        make_option('--reset-client',
+            action='store_true',
+            dest='reset_client',
+            default=False,
+            help='reset the client faults counters of all hosts',
+        ),
+    )
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        show_client = options['show_client']
+        show_server = options['show_server']
+        reset_client = options['reset_client']
+        reset_server = options['reset_server']
+        for h in Host.objects.all():
+            if show_client or show_server:
+                output = u""
+                if show_client:
+                    output += u"%-6d " % h.client_faults
+                if show_server:
+                    output += u"%-6d " % h.server_faults
+                output += u"%s %s\n" % (h.created_by.username, h.get_fqdn(), )
+                self.stdout.write(output)
+            if reset_client or reset_server:
+                if reset_client:
+                    h.client_faults = 0
+                if reset_server:
+                    h.server_faults = 0
+                h.save()