Re: [K12OSN] New School using K12

[Jonathan Carter <highvoltage thepub co za>]

I'm not sure if webmin is installed. I'll check on Monday and then get
back to you... thanks...

- Jonathan

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 01:43, Chris Curtis wrote:
> I'm not exactly sure this will help, but if you install webmin, you can
> use the the "create users and groups section.  There is a process that
> allows you to create users in a "batch" mode.  I recently created 376
> users on a Samba server for the local hospital this way.  It took less
> than two minutes to complete the actual load.  
> 
> Now, creating the file to do the two minute load took hours, but it was
> still MUCH less time than it would have taken me to do manually.  Let me
> know if you need more assistance.
> 
> Chris Curtis
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 15:37, Dennis Daniels wrote:
> > Is there an input utility in K12 that would allow admins to take a csv 
> > file and import and create a bunch of users at the same time (hoping), 
> > if not could that be something included in a near term distro?
> > thanks
> > Denny
> > 
> > Jonathan Carter wrote:
> > > Hi K12 List!
> > > 
> > > I've just joined. Monday I'll be starting a new job at a primary school
> > > where we'll be installing a K12 network with 24 thin clients tomorrow.
> > > 
> > > What I'd like to know is, what's the best way of setting up the users
> > > for the students? Is it best to go by student number, or a mixture of
> > > name and grade? Is it possible to use a username like jonathan-1 and the
> > > next year it changes to jonathan-2? Or should I use a combination of
> > > their name and the year they joined or are supposed to finish school?
> > > 
> > > Thanks guys, any advice to this school-newbie is highly appreciated!
> > > 
> > > - Jonathan
> > > 
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