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1.2     ! raeburn     1: \label{Domconfig_Auto_Updates}
1.1       raeburn     2: An auto-update, run as a regular process, can update user information
                      3: stored in LON-CAPA for all users in a domain, for whom institutional
                      4: directory information is available. Which user records are updated
                      5: can be controlled by institutional status (e.g., Faculty, Staff, Student
                      6: etc.). If a user is affiliated with more than group, then the attributes
                      7: which can be updated will be the cumulative set for the different
                      8: groups to which the user belongs.
                      9: 
                     10: If users are not affilliated with any institutional group, they can
                     11: be accommodated within the default \char`\"{}Other users\char`\"{}
                     12: group which is provided automatically. If no status types are defined
                     13: for your domain, this default group is entitled \char`\"{}All users\char`\"{}. 
                     14: 
                     15: Settings for auto-update are:
                     16: 
                     17: \begin{itemize}
                     18: \item Set auto-enrollment as active or inactive in the domain. 
                     19: \item Set whether user information changes should propagate to data stored
                     20: in classlist database files for the separate courses in which the
                     21: user has an active student role. 
                     22: \item Set which of the following attributes: first name, middle name, last
                     23: name, generation, e-mail address, student/employee ID should be updated
                     24: within LON-CAPA if a different version to the one currently stored
                     25: is retrieved from the institutional directory.
                     26: \end{itemize}
                     27: In order for Autoupdate to work, the \&allusers\_info() routine in
                     28: localenroll.pm needs to be customized and a conduit established to
                     29: institutional data. In addition, if you wish to differentiate between
                     30: institutional user types in your LON-CAPA domain the \&inst\_usertypes()
                     31: routine in localenroll.pm will need to be customized to correspond
                     32: with the types used at your institution. These types are then used
                     33: to populate the \char`\"{}User population\char`\"{} column in each
                     34: of the \char`\"{}Updateable user information\char`\"{} row(s) in the
                     35: Auto-update data table in \char`\"{}Domain Configuration\char`\"{}.
                     36: 
                     37: Warnings will be written to the Auto-update log file found in /home/httpd/perl/logs
                     38: if a possible username change is detected. Although the username is
                     39: the unique identifier in LON-CAPA, the student/employee ID operates
                     40: as an additional, mostly unique identifier. At present LON-CAPA does
                     41: not support username changes. For users who switch username (assuming
                     42: institutional authentication will no longer authenticate the user's
                     43: old username) is to convert the authentication type in LON-CAPA for
                     44: the user to \char`\"{}internal\char`\"{}, set an initial password,
                     45: make sure that permanent e-mail is set for the user, then e-mail the
                     46: user the initial password, and ask them to use the \char`\"{}\underbar{Forgot
                     47: password?}\char`\"{} link on the log-in page to change the password
                     48: to something secure.