Believe it or not I still have a copy of VCASEL still running and it still
creates users, home directories, even passwords and puts them in groups etc. I
was REAL surprised that it is working on an XP box and with the new install of
Novell 10! I just "made" 80 users in about an hour. (I have all my servers in
one tree, so I need to check the user names at the high school to make sure
they are not duplicates of user names at the grade school - etc.that took most
of the time.) I can import the info from a CSV file, and if it is all right
the import will make as many users as I want as fast as the network & computer
can read the file!
If you had VCASEL around it might be worth the time to dust off an old machine
and make users with it.
If not - well they stopped supporting and writing it (man) 8 or 10 years ago -
so it would be tough to score a copy.
ONE NOTE - I did have problems with VCASEL not reading the Context, Tree and
server information correctly when I create users on one of my servers. I use a
program called DBFView that lets me open and edit the VCASEL user database and
add (copy) the information into the table. As long as I am not editing
passwords this works great. (Passwords are encrypted.)
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Dettl
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Novell Mass user creation
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Gary P. Dettl CNA CNE
Network Manager
Leyden High Schools District 212
847.451.3191 voice
"What's Best For The Kids"
>>> [email protected] 8/18/2010 4:26 PM >>>
I know this has probably been asked before, but for those of you running
Novell servers, what tool are you using to mass create your
users/passwords/homedirectories?
--
Chris McMahon
Director of Technology
Belleville Public School District #118
105 West A St.
Belleville, IL 62220
(618) 233-2830
[email protected]
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