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> >Our lab has 55 computers in our open lab and we are a school with about
> >4,000 students.  We used to let anyone come in and use our lab.  We have
> >been so busy that we must restrict users outside our community college from
> >using our lab.  We are currently checking student IDs and having them fill
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>   What a PAIN!  We have this same problem.  We were checking student ID cards,
> but we have no way to validate them so we stopped.  We hope that one day we
> will get a card reader so we can just have students swipe their cards when
> they come in.
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        Here we used to check IDs but it was a huge pain.  It was also
not terribly accurate as many of our student consultasnts jsut wouldn't
process them into the database we had (to count users) so about a year
and a half ago soem of the people here wrote programs to check users
against the student database using there SSN and DoB.  On the macs this
was a collosal task but was eventually achieved.  It worked a but easier
on the PCs.

        On the PCs we used this login program in conjunction with Direct
Access for DOS 5.1 and NEwtare 3.12 so if you didn't log in properly and
validly you got no access to the programs on the server and couldn'tr
even get out to the DOS prompt.

        On the Macs all we had to put almost all the programs on teh
server (Appleshare) and the log on program allows the machines access to
that.

        :) :) Before anyone asks, these programs are *HIGHLY*
personalized to our set-up.  Sorry.

        --Bryan

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|                               |               Bryan Scovill        |
|       My world.  My rules.    | Novell Admin.    | Instructor/Tech |
|                               | C&IS at U.N.H.   | TSAS at U.N.H.  |
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