Re: Question on student user accounts

[Matt Kirchhoff <mek () PDX EDU>]

Quoth Fretz, Kerry on 6/21/2005 7:37 AM:
> 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?

Our system allows a new user to choose from eight or so permutations of
their name (mek, mkirchho, kirchhoffm, etc.). Users seem to like the
choice, and it helps avoid collisions.

If the student is inactive for two terms, the account is disabled. If it
is disabled for two subsequent terms, the account is deleted and freed
for future use.


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Matt Kirchhoff
Information Technology Consultant
User Support Services
Office of Information Technologies
Portland State University
mek () pdx edu