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- From: coar@Nephi.Enet.DEC.Com (Rodent of Unusual Size)
- Subject: Re: User maintainence. Search for software/ideas.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.120558.18482@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Summary: Change definitions rather than data?
- Keywords: VMS, UIC, changing groups
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 12:59:08 GMT
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- In article <0095E42B.D10FFBA0.12053@CSVAX1.UCC.IE>, chris@CSVAX1.UCC.IE ("J.C. Higgins, Sys Mgr CsVax1, UCC , Eire") writes...
- >
- >PROBLEM: I need to be able to easily change a users group.
- >
- >BACKGROUND:
- > I am running a departmental VAX3400 that has a very high user turnover.
- >At the start of each year, there are several hundred accounts created. Most of
- >these are third year student accounts, but some are second year accounts. The
- >thrid year accounts are disposed of at the end of each year. The problem is the
- >second year accounts. I need to 'upgrade' them from the second year group
- >to the third year group. It is not just a simple matter of using AUTHORIZE to
- >change the group ID. Each group is stored in a directory with the group name.
-
- I'm not sure what that last sentence means..
-
- I'm assuming that when you say `group name' you mean the name of the group
- identifier, as in `FOO' from `[FOO,BAR]'.
-
- Rather than changing UICs and file ownership and moving things around, why
- not just change your definitions and do a little renaming? Delete the
- [3RDYEAR,*] accounts, REMOVE /IDENTIFIER 3RDYEAR, and then RENAME
- /IDENTIFIER 2NDYEAR 3RDYEAR, followed by renaming the directory you
- mention? You can then create a new 2NDYEAR group identifier and add the
- new students to the group.
-
- >+ J.C. Higgins, Sys Admin + If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't
- >+ CHRIS@csvax1.ucc.ie + come back to you, hunt it down and KILL it. If
- >+ SCCS6002@iruccvax.ucc.ie + that doesn't work, then GIVE UP peacefully.
-
- #ken :-)} Jeratol the Chaotic
-
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