[1990] in Consulting_FYI
Re: accounts and graduating
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Jun 2 15:03:17 1989
From: <kapowell@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: <kevles@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Cc: cfyi@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 01 Jun 89 16:49:22 -0400.
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 89 15:02:52 EDT
> What's the deal with accounts for graduating students? How do you know
> a student is graduating, and not a 6A or not a student who had taken\
> a year's leave? WHat happens to the accounts of students on leave? The
> answers to these questions need to be posted to cfyi, since we're getting
> asked them pretty frequently.
>
> Thanks.
> --Beth
Hi Beth-
Undergraduates are listed with their graduating year in the database;
graduates are marked with a 'G' and their files are purged after notice
of their graduation. If their are users who will be sticking around
after their slated year of graduation (and I know there are because
we've had a billion requests) they should let both the registrar's office
and user accounts know this; the same goes for those who are changing
status from undergrad to grad. They can notify me (us) be emailing
'accounts', stating the purpose for an account extension. I am keeping
a list of students that have requested this; account maintenance is
relative to this list and to the registrar's list.
BTW, accounts won't go poof in the night, they should be here through
the summer. I haven't gotten an answer as to the date of the poofing,
but it seems to be the general opinion that they will remain intact
through the summer (you may also want to consult with Jeff Schiller
about this).
Generally, students on leave will have a stale "NFS" handle - at least
this is what I've encountered since I've handeled accounts - and their
homedirs have to be reset on a fileserver. if you need more specific
information, the best person to ask is Dave Krikorian.
I hope this helps!
--Kim
