> Over the past 2 years, I have been coping with a user > directory that has been largely neglected. I have cleaned out > over 12000 userids, some having been dormant for many years. > I want to implement an automated system of suspending unused > ids and subsequently deleting them. Is there anything > resembling an industry standard for removal of dormant ids > from a directory? What guidelines do others follow?
Depends a lot on the industry you're in. One guideline that I've found at several employers was: 1) Userid is NOLOGed on day person officially responsible for it leaves company, or immediately upon notification by competent authority (in case of unfriendly termination). 2) 30 days after NOLOG date, minidisks/SFS are archived for 2 year period and deleted from CP directory. The 2 year part varied from employer to employer (some had longer times due to statutory regs, some had as little as 6 months). We use a variation of the above here. -- db
