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- MASS USER MANAGEMENT
- (MUM)
-
- Finally, there's a MUM to clean-up after you at work!
-
- by Bruce and Shawn Holmstead
- Holmstead Partners, Copyright (c) 1992.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
-
- NOTE: This readme.1st file contains limited information; for more
- detailed information see the on-line help available with
- Mass User Management Demo.
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-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
-
- Mass User Management (MUM) facilitates the management of four
- critical areas system managers frequently encounter. These include
- adding, deleting, updating and monitoring user accounts.
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- You must be a SUPERVISOR equivalent for MUM to function properly.
- Certain parts of the bindery can only be accessed by a SUPERVISOR
- equivalent.
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- OVERVIEW:
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- Mass User Management will allow system managers to do the
- following:
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- 1) Add large numbers of users from lists generated by a
- database, spreadsheet or word processing program. Mass User
- Management will verify names of existing users and add those who do
- not have accounts.
- 2) Delete users from a text file listing usernames, a
- certain group, disabled accounts and expired accounts.
- 3) Change user restrictions for all users, users in a
- certain group, users with expirations dates older than a specified
- date, users with login dates older than a specified date and users
- in a text file.
- 4) Generate lists of user restrictions for all users, users
- in a certain group, users with expirations dates older than a
- specified date, users with login dates older than a specified date
- and users in a text file.
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- ADVANTAGES OF MASS USER MANAGEMENT:
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- Mass User Management is an essential tool for all managers required
- to manage large numbers of users. It adds and deletes users
- dynamically and then allows managers to modify restrictions once
- the users are created. It also allows managers to create lists of
- users and their restrictions.
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- 1) MUM drastically saves time for the system manager who is
- constantly adding new users or the system manager who needs to add
- large numbers of users at one time.
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- 2) MUM adds and deletes users dynamically. It allows
- managers to define a template for each user group, and then add
- users according to a set of templates without separating users into
- different lists or having to add each user individually.
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- MUM vs. UserDef
- ---------------
- - Novell's utility UserDef allows system managers to
- define different templates for different groups of users, but
- requires that managers select a current template and then add users
- one-by-one.
- - MUM allows system managers to define different
- templates for different departments and then add any number of
- users from any of the defined departments all at once.
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- MUM vs. MakeUser
- ----------------
- - Novell's utility MakeUser allows system managers to
- add larger numbers of users at one time but managers loose the
- advantage of having templates defined for different groups. The
- files for MakeUser need to be specially prepared for MakeUser and
- are not really reusable. Users need to be group together and the
- restrictions file layout is not cohesive to large numbers of users.
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- 3) MUM will deleted all disabled accounts or accounts that
- have not logged in for a certain period of time. It can deleted
- all users in a certain server group or delete all users listed in
- a text file.
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- 4) MUM allows system managers to modify user restrictions in
- bulk after they are added.
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- 5) MUM allows managers to create lists of users and their
- restrictions. These lists can be read back into spreadsheet or
- database programs.
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- 6) MUM was written to allow system managers to add and delete
- users from a batch file. This can be performed by calling MUM's
- child process, MassMode.
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- Overall, no program on the market offers the features to system
- managers that Mass User Management does. Some programs limit the
- number of users that can be managed, but MUM is not limited by such
- restrictions. Mass User Management is a critical tool for managers
- to stay in control of their networks.
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- ORDERING INFORMATION
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- Mass User Management is available on a per server licensing
- agreement. ** (You can print this ordering information from
- the on-line help available with Mass User Management Demo.)
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- COMPANY INFORMATION:
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- Name ____________________________________________________
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- Company Name ____________________________________________
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- Street Address __________________________________________
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- City ________________________State ______ Zip ___________
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- Telephone Number ________________________________________
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-
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- ORDERING:
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- Quantity___________@ $350* ________________ Sub Total
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- ______________________ Tax
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- (Utah residents add 6.25% Sales Tax)
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- _________________ Total
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- DEPARTMENT NAME TO APPEAR IN LICENCE AGREEMENT:
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- _________________________________________________________
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- _________________________________________________________
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- Send Check or Money Order to:
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- HOLMSTEAD PARTNERS
- P.O. Box 50452
- Provo, UT 84605-0452
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- *Price subject to change without notification.
- **For information about site licences (or any other questions)
- write to the above address or E-mail to:
-
- PARTNERS@bones.caedm.byu.edu
-