Re: Question on student user accounts

[Dave Koontz <dkoontz () MBC EDU>]

We had problems as well.  A few years ago we went with the following
convention, one for students and another for Fac/Staff.  It has servered us
well and allows use to "reserve" the name permenantly.  The rare dupe we
deal with manually.  It also makes it easy to distinguish a student from a
faculty member.

Staff/Fac:
First Initial + LastName
DUP - First Initial + Middle Initial + Last Name

Students:
LastName + First Initial + Middle Initial + Last 4 digits student ID Number


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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