Where is "users-admin" now that gnome-system-tools is deprecated ?

Hello everyone,
I have already used the "users-admin" package from gnome to manage the permissions of the users, but, since gnome 3.2 the gnome-system-tools package which contained the users-admin package has been deprecated and replaced by gnome-control-center. So my question is, how can I reinstall the users-admin application, or, use another gnome application to do the same thing ?
I don't really think that it is a good idea for Gnome to place an application as deprecated and not propose an alternative.
Thanks in Advance,
Luis Da Costa

It is not the same but still a good option XD I really don't understand why the gnome team dropped a good tool like users-admin :S...

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