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--- general_administration [2006/03/21 15:20] – Use normal shell machine (gallifrey) in preference to baker for admin tasks _bacam
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-====== Adding a new user account ======
-<code>foo@gallifrey:~$ sudo tardis-adduser</code>
-The tardis-adduser script lives in cvs and is installed on gallifrey at
-<code>/usr/sbin/tardis-adduser</code>. The script prompts you to enter the
-details straight off the application form, please note that usernames should be
-no greater than 8 characters.
-With the account added, sysmans will be informed, and the user will be emailed
-their username and password and a link to a webpage on how to login.
-Don't worry about [[allusers]].
-====== Removing a user ======
-**Beware:** We have not removed many accounts before, so
-take care and pay attention to what the script is doing.  If you are at
-all uncertain ask someone else to do it.
-On gallifrey, use the <code>tardis-removeuser</code> script, as root.
-====== Providing a user with web space ======
-This currently needs to be done manually:
-  foo@gallifrey:~$ sudo mkdir /var/autofs/www/users/<username>
-  foo@gallifrey:~$ sudo mkdir /var/autofs/www/users/<username>/pages
-  foo@gallifrey:~$ sudo mkdir /var/autofs/www/users/<username>/cgi-bin
-  foo@gallifrey:~$ sudo mkdir /var/autofs/www/users/<username>/stats
-  foo@gallifrey:~$ sudo chown -R `getent passwd <username> | cut -d: -f 3-4` /var/autofs/www/users/<username>/cgi-bin
-  foo@gallifrey:~$ sudo chown -R  <username>:www-data /var/autofs/www/users/<username>/pages
-  foo@gallifrey:~$ sudo chown -R  root:root /var/autofs/www/users/<username>/stats
-  foo@gallifrey:~$ sudo chmod 755 /var/autofs/www/users/<username>/*
-====== Changing a user password ======
-On any machine with a proper LDAP setup (currently gallifrey or mccoy) use
-<code>passwd</code> normally.
-====== Reading the support inbox ======
-     foo@mccoy:~$ sudo su - support
-     support@mccoy:~$ mutt
-You can also use <code>pine</code> instead of <code>mutt</code> if you prefer.
-Once you have dealt with a piece of support mail, please move it to a folder
-with the user's name so that others don't repeat your efforts, but can still
-find the messages later.  Similarly, put any mail you send in a folder with the
-recipient's user name.  If the person you are dealing with is not a Tardis
-user, use a folder named after their email address.
-====== Mailing list adminstration ======
-[[http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/admin/mail/ecartis.html|http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/admin/mail/ecartis.html]]
-====== Adding or removing an administrator ======
-The appropriate edits need to be made to /etc/sudoers and /root/adminschange.ldif and then updated with ./root/modifyadmins.sh on mccoy. Edits may also need made to /etc/aliases and updated with newaliases, also on mccoy, to add the user to sysmans.
-====== Adding a new group to LDAP ======
-First of all, you need a gidNumber, try and keep it in the range as the rest of them, and don't use one already in use. Then edit /root/addgroup.ldif on mccoy as appropriate, and update with
-  ldapadd -x -D cn=admin,dc=tardis,dc=ed,dc=ac,dc=uk -W -f addgroup.ldif
-====== Adding a group account ======
-You need to start with by adding a new user account and web directory as above. Then to remove the password, edit /root/removepw.ldif on mccoy as appropriate and update with
-  ldapmodify -x -D cn=admin,dc=tardis,dc=ed,dc=ac,dc=uk -W -f removepw.ldif
-and then you are ready to add the group as above, and allow the users to su by editing /etc/sudoers appropriately using visudo. Advise your group account users to then use "sudo -u <groupaccountname> -s -H" to use the account.
-====== Adding a virtualhost to apache ======
-If all you want is (www.)society.tardis.ed.ac.uk, simply add the following lines to /etc/bind/db.tardis on leela (of course, using rcs):
-  society		IN CNAME	davros
-  www.society	IN CNAME	davros
-For more advanced solutions, please contact bung.