I was able to contact the guy via e-mail who created Mass User/Homes by HBware. They're out of New Zealand. It took a day for him to get back with me. He sent me a trial license (which did everything I needed it to do) and an invoice (which I requested). It's only $180. Much more reasonable than some of the other options. EMU wanted $750, and DSRAZOR wanted $1,326. The only odd thing, is that his invoice is in Euros. So we have to convert and then mail a check.
>From start (querying STI for my student data) to finish (running the Mass User program to create users and their home directories based on one of my Novell templates) it only took about 30 mins to create about 450 users. I like it because it allows you to set all of your parameters, filters to include/exclude certain groups, and do a test run. You then look at the log, within the GUI, to see what the results would be. Once I was happy, ran it for real. Thanks for everyone's responses. Chris McMahon Belleville #118 On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Charlie Niehaus < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:15 AM > *Subject:* Re: [tech-geeks] Novell Mass user creation > > uimport > > 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] > > ------------------------------ > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > -- 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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