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Michael,

   Yes, UC Davis is using Unix servers.  You might want to look at samba
(http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/).  They are working on making it
a PDC for Microsoft networking.  Then your NT servers can turn to it to
get account info.

                        Tim Leamy
                        Information Resources
                        University of California at Davis
                        tcleamy@ucdavis.edu
                        http://lm.ucdavis.edu/people/tim.html


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> Previously...
> >The issue here is we need to add several hundred accounts at the beginning
> >of each term. The data we get is the student name, social security number,
> >and class info (We generate rosters to tell faculty who is new, and who
> >already has an account and is reopened for the term)
> >
> >Does anybody have a utility to perform such a task in NT, some sort of
> >script file? Or is there a <gasp> $$ product out there?
>
> Hi, I'd love to know about the same issues. Right now we can't get any more
> specific than demographic groupings (what department, what year) but I
> personally would prefer to have one account/user. So far, the best things I've
> seen for not having to deal with the data entry are the following:
>
> 1) use a Unix file/application server. Users must login to it to do
> anything. Account names and passwords can be borrowed from the existing email
> services. I believe UC Davis is doing this.
>
> 2) UC Berkeley has self-service stations for setting up your own account.
>
> As for payware, I don't know of anything for NT, though I would be willing to
> bet it exists.
>
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> Interactive Learning Center Consultant                        (415) 476-4309
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