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- Subject: Re: Can one automate adding new users and deleting them?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.080824.25669@urz.unibas.ch>
- From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (Robert Frank)
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:08:24 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec21.175510.9348@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
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- In article <1992Dec21.175510.9348@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> writes:
- >
- >
- > > Account Deletion is a beast I haven't really tackled yet. It's
- > > pending....
- >
- > Couple problems here:
- > 1. If you do delete accounts, you want to modify the nu script to not
- > fill in holes in the passwd file. As set up now, if you delete user 221,
- > then next time nu runs it will create user 221. This is a major headache
- > for accounting.
- > 2. Suitable notice should be given. I bet there is a legal liability to
- > arbitrarily shutting down an account.
- > 3. If there are ways that people can extend account life, then you have
- > to watch for turning off an account, and having the person come in the next
- > day... Human nature, sure, but you can make it easier for yourself by taking
- > an account down by stages.
- > a. Disable the account. (Prepend a * in the passwd field) Modify
- > login so that it brings up a panel saying, "Your account has expired.
- > Please See kdfkdlsa;djf if you wish to reactivate it."
-
- Or just don't DELETE the account, but just DISABLE (choose 'Delete' from the
- menu, then check the appropriate option) it using the UserManager.app. Then let
- it sit for a while. After that you can actually delete it. - no need to do
- anything with the passwd files (or netinfo).
-
- > b. Move account to tape. Keep a special series of tapes for retiring
- > accounts.
- > c. Remove the acccount from the machine.
- >
- > Note also, that any university will have problems recycling a global account
- > space in that UID's are short ints. Max of 32 thousand. On most campuses
- > this would mean that the accounts would have to recycle after only a year
- > of not being used.
- > --
- > => Sherwood Botsford sherwood@space.ualberta.ca <=
- > => University of Alberta Lab Manager, Space Physics Group <=
- > => tel:403 492-3713 fax: 403 492-4256 <=
-
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