Re: Question on student user accounts

[Aaron Childs <aaron () WSC MA EDU>]

Good Morning Kerry,

  We used that same system on our Alpha system for student email access,
and we had the same problems.  When we moved to Active Directory we
decided to change the format to first initial, lastname, last four
digits of their College Wide ID.  For example Tony Smith has a College
Wide ID of A12345678.  His username would be tsmith5678.  We have been
using this system for two years now and we haven't had any problems.

 

Have a good day,

  Aaron

 

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Aaron Childs

Assistant Director, Networking

Westfield State College

http://www.wsc.ma.edu/it/

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From: Fretz, Kerry [mailto:fretzk () PHILAU EDU] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 10:37 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Question on student user accounts

 

Our institution has been using a specific format for student network
accounts for many years.  Our format has always been the last name
followed by a sequential number.  For example, we would use SMITH11,
SMITH12, SMITH13 with the email set as the same format.  After the user
would graduate, we would remove the accounts and eventually, the
username would be reused by another incoming freshman.  This has created
some issues over the years.

 

I was just curious what you are using for the network username format at
your institution and what you've found that works well for you.  Do you
reuse network accounts or do you have a unique username for each student
coming in?

 

Any input is appreciated.

 

Kerry Fretz

Manager, Network & Systems

Philadelphia University