Hi Stuart,
On Sat, 17 Oct 2020, at 05:09, Raeburn, Stuart wrote:
> Itay,
>
> >
> > However, after uploading a users sample file, and pressing 'upload users'
> > button,
> > I am prompted to supply initial password. This implied internal
> > authentication ; right?
> > As our production system does not use internal authentication I was not
> > sure
> > if I should continue.
> >
>
> The options available to you for "Login Type:" when creating user accounts,
> after uploading a csv file of users, are determined by the domain
> configuration for the jce domain. However, it sounds as though you have yet
> to explicitly set the domain configuration for "User creation" for the jce
> domain.
>
> To remedy that, as Domain Coordinator, use:
> Main Menu > Set domain configuration > Display ("User creation" checked).
>
> and then ensure that in the "Creating users when a Domain Coordinator" row
> the checkbox is checked for an authentication type of Local, then push "Save"
> (see attached #1). Note: if you are using "Local" authentication, a
> customization must have been made previously to
> /home/httpd/lib/perl/localauth.pm on the jce LON-CAPA library server.
>
> Once you have updated the Assignable authentication types for the jce domain,
> then on testdrive.loncapa.net, the Login Type box on the page displayed after
> uploading a file of users should show "Local authentication", instead of
> "Internal", (see attached #2).
It works!
I could not upload the complete file because there were connection time-out
warnings.
But the process is completed fully when I use chunks of 400 students. No big
problem.
So thank you so much for the help!
Itay
N.B.
Unless something irritating pops-up during the students update, I will send one
last confirmation message to the list when I am done.
> Stuart Raeburn
> LON-CAPA Academic Consortium
> ________________________________________
> From: LON-CAPA-users <lon-capa-users-boun...@mail.lon-capa.org> on behalf of
> Itay <it...@nospammail.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 3:27 PM
> To: Discussion list for LON-CAPA users
> Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] problems with mass-enrollment at the domain
> level
>
> Stuart,
>
> On Fri, 16 Oct 2020, at 17:54, Raeburn, Stuart wrote:
> > Itay,
> >
> > >
> > > Please advise if this makes sense technically.
> > >
> >
> > Are these all new users or are you looking to update information for
> > existing users (and if so, what information are you looking to update)?
> >
>
> A mixture of existing and new users.
> I want to enroll new users.
> I do not try to update information for existing users.
> They are part of the input because the student registration office is
> ignorant of enrollment to lon-capa, so they can provide me only with a list
> of all the students in the college.
>
> > Have you tried switching a session to testdrive.loncapa.net, selecting
> > your DC role in the jce domain, and used: Main Menu > "Create users or
> > modify the roles and privileges of users" > "Upload a File of Users"
> > and uploaded a file containing just one or two users, (as a test) to
> > see if option (a) in my previous response would address your need?
> >
>
> I misunderstood the utility of the testdrive, so I tried (a) only now
> following this message.
> I was able to access the testdrive.
> However, after uploading a users sample file, and pressing 'upload users'
> button, I am prompted to supply initial password.
> This implied internal authentication ; right?
> As our production system does not use internal authentication I was not sure
> if I should continue.
>
> Thanks
> Itay
>
> > Stuart Raeburn
> > LON-CAPA Academic Consortium
> > ________________________________________
> > From: LON-CAPA-users <lon-capa-users-boun...@mail.lon-capa.org> on
> > behalf of Itay <it...@nospammail.net>
> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 9:30 AM
> > To: Discussion list for LON-CAPA users
> > Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] problems with mass-enrollment at the
> > domain level
> >
> > Hi Stuart and list members,
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, at 18:15, Itay wrote:
> >
> > I guess there is another choice, a hack that would not require
> > modifying the system (and intervention of the IT people):
> >
> > 1. Create a dummy course (college bureaucracy would not care).
> > 2. Log-in as the course coordinator.
> > 3. Enroll all the students for the course.
> > (Assuming it is possible to enroll ~2400 students for a course.)
> > 4. After confirming enrollment: block access to the course for all students.
> >
> > Please advise if this makes sense technically.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Itay
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