Yes, that's the program. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Scott Williams <[email protected] > wrote:
> Chris, > > > Is this what your talking about? > > http://www.hbware.com/content/view/61/12/ > > Scott > > > Chris McMahon wrote: > > 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] > > > -- > Scott R. Williams > > Fisher School District > 801 S . 5th St. > Fisher, Il 61843 > > > > > > > > | 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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