Let me rephrase that....Use there SS# as there initial password and let them change it. NC Sate still uses SSNS as initial password for all incoming students, staff, and faculty.
Elliot On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 18:38, Stephen Schaefer wrote: > I'd be leary of using a SS#: does UNC still use your > SS# for your student ID? If so, it's *real* easy to > steal someone's SS#. > > - Stephen > > --- Elliot Peele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What kind of setting are you trying to do this in? > > (library, loby, etc.) > > > > My suggestion if you plan to have people use the > > machines more than once > > is to go with a authentication system like kerberos > > and probably nfs for > > home directories depending on the scalability that > > you need. If its a > > library make a user name based on name and use there > > SS# for a password. > > Setup the file server to be the kerberos server as > > well as the kickstart > > server. You also need something like current or yum > > to keep all of the > > machines up to date. The main server could be the > > only machine that is > > remotely managed. Depending on how you want to do > > account creation, have > > a web page that someone could request an account, > > that way you could > > collect information on who your users are, and have > > a librarian or lab > > operator approve the account. > > > > Elliot > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html -- _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
