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diff --git a/doc/admin.md b/doc/admin.md deleted file mode 100644 index c02c482..0000000 --- a/doc/admin.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,95 +0,0 @@ -# Account maintainance commands - -Within commands below, Don't take square brackets, angle brackets and triple-dots literally: - - * *< This >* should be replaced with your own info - including the angle brackets - * *[This]* is optional parts of the command - including the square brackets - * *...* means "repeat ad libitum" - leave it out or add more stuff similar to that right before the dots - -## Normal users - -### Create new account - - 1. Pick a username: - * Start with the initials of the user - * Include also second letter of either first name or surname - * If necessary, add third letter of first name or surname (or a trailing number) - * The result should be practical (short and related to the name of the user) but must not be a nickname or initals: A username is comparable to the shape of a key - the user may get confused in every day use if it looks like a toy or jewelery! - 2. Create the account: - - localadduser <username> <fullname> <cellphone> [<otherphone>] <addresshint> [<addresshint>...] - - * Full name: Full name (Capital and small letters allowed, as is space and special characters, but no comma!) - * Cellphone: Cellphone number including country code but without other spaces. Like this: +45 40843136 - * Addresshint: local part of email address, followed by @-sign, and optionally followed by mailgroup. Like these: jonas@ js@pool_of_maildomains - 3. Send an email based on [[intro/email.en]] skeleton: - * If an ouside working email address has been provided, then use that as recipient. Alternatively use the contact person of the new user (teacher, boss etc.) as recipient. - * Add \<username>@example.com as Cc: - * Add hostmaster@example.com as Bcc: - * Add teknik@lists.example.com as Reply-To: - 4. Send a cellphone text message based on [[intro/sms.en]], adding the the password spit out from the command above. - -TODO: Automate more: sending out sms and email should happen automatically. - -### Attach groups to account - - 1. Attach the account to relevant organisational groups: - - (user=<username>; for group in <group1> [<group2> ...]; do adduser $user $group; done) - -### Add/replace additional email addresses to account - -Use the following command to change hinting of an existing user account: - - chfn <username> - - -## Update email address info in smtp server - - 1. Run this command: - - localmaildomainprepare - - 2. Check and correct warnings, and repeat above command. - - 3. When satisfied with result, run this command: - - localmaildomainupdate - -FIXME: localmaildomainupdate should email diff file to postmaster@example.com - - -## Extend password lifespan - -If a user exceeds password lifespan, and still remembers the old password, the lifespan can be extended slightly to open a new window for changing it: - - localresetpasswdexpiry <username> - -TODO: The above command should ideally emit an sms and/or email rewuesting the user to immediately change password - -## Reset password - - 1. Reset the actual password using the following command: - - localresetpasswd <username> - - 2. Send a cellphone text message similar to the one for creating a new account. - -TODO: The above command should ideally emit an sms and/or email rewuesting the user to immediately change password - -## Warn about password expiry - - 1. Notice log messages warning about passwords soon expiring - 2. Send a cellphone textmessage with the following content: - - You must change your password - it soon expires! Read how and why at the web page http://support.redpill.dk/intro - - Or in danish: - - Du skal ændre din adgangskode - den udløber snart! Læs hvordan og hvorfor på websiden http://support.redpill.dk/intro - -TODO: Rewrite as automated syslog-ng plugin or cron script passing the message to an sms gateway. - -### Locate users with short password lifespan - - (group=<gruppe>; echo $group:; for user in `members $group`; do chage -l $user|egrep -q '^Maximum:\[[:blank:]]*[0-9]{2}$' && printf $user'\t' && chage -l $user|egrep '^Password Expires:'; done) |