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Adding a new user account
foo@gallifrey:~$ sudo tardis-adduser
The tardis-adduser script lives in cvs and is installed on gallifrey at
/usr/sbin/tardis-adduser
. 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
tardis-removeuser
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>/*
Actually I've scripted this in davros:/root/make_webdir . Just make the first argument the username.
Changing a user password
On any machine with a proper LDAP setup (currently gallifrey or mccoy) use
passwd
normally.
Reading the support inbox
foo@mccoy:~$ sudo su - support support@mccoy:~$ mutt
You can also use
pine
instead of
mutt
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
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.