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Account Creation
So, given all of this, what needs to happen to create an account? A TA (or whoever is creating the account) needs to provide the CIS login name for each student, and whether or not they already have an account (and what the account is if they have one). That's it! This will map to the shortid, and allow for account creation. The account will automatically be given the ugrad identity and also the identity for the class. If the account is being created for something other than a class, more some identitie(s) will also need to be provided.
Instead of filling in the student_accounts file with full names and account numbers to use, TAs will fill in this file with CIS login names for those students who need an account created. When it's time to create the accounts, the request is mailed to the meta-ta, and this file will be used. In addition to this, every new account is using the modules system2, so a TA staff can also provide a module to make the needed modifications to the new accounts. The inclusion of this module, however, or any other account changes will not be done on account creation. It's up to the TA staff to educate their students about how to modify the new accounts.
At the end of each semester, old identities will be removed from the account.
Next: Account Modification Up: Creating and Maintaing Accounts Previous: Account Names Seth Proctor
1998-09-09