Re: Questions on user accounts for Vendors and Consultants

["Kenneth G. Arnold" <bkarnold () CBU EDU>]

We create the accounts like normal faculty/staff except we then change the
group of the user to a different value.  When the email address is recorded
in our administrative software, the comment field is used to describe why
this person has an email account.

At 10:39 AM 8/15/2005, you wrote:
> We have several companies that are contracted to work for the University
> in different aspects, such as Dining Services.  How do you set up user
> accounts for these contractors in order to use the resources provided by
> the University community?  We have a specific format that we use for
> creating user accounts and we wanted to see if other Universities have a
> different format for these contractors to differentiate them from other
> accounts and so as not to conflict with every day user accounts.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kerry Fretz
> Manager, Network & Systems
> Philadelphia University


Brother Kenneth Arnold
System Administrator
Information Technology Services
Christian Brothers University
(901) 321-4333