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1.1       raeburn     1: \label{Domain_Configuration_InstDirectory_Search}
                      2: LON-CAPA provides a mechanism to search for users by complete username,
                      3: last name, or last name,first name (or fragments of each). Accounts
                      4: within the LON-CAPA domain itself can be searched, or alternatively,
                      5: an institutional directory may be searched, if you are able to implement
                      6: a conduit to directory information to support such searches. This
                      7: will be done by customizing the \&get\_userinfo() routine in localenroll.pm.
                      8: This routine has a dual role in LON-CAPA. Not only will it support
                      9: searches where the user is not excatly known, but it can also be used
1.2       raeburn    10: to retrieve institutional records for a specific username or student/employee
1.1       raeburn    11: ID. This latter mode of use is appropriate when adding a new user
                     12: to LON-CAPA.
                     13: 
                     14: Settings for directory searches are: 
                     15: 
                     16: \begin{itemize}
1.4     ! raeburn    17: \item Set institutional directory searches as available or unavailable in the domain
1.1       raeburn    18: \item Set whether users from other LON-CAPA domains can use the institutional
1.4     ! raeburn    19: directory search to search for users.
1.1       raeburn    20: \item For searches by users within your domain, you can limit the users
1.4     ! raeburn    21: who can use institutional directory search based on institutional status
1.1       raeburn    22: \item Set which types of search method - username, last name or last name,first
                     23: name are allowed for institutional searches
                     24: \item Set which types of search latitude - exact match, begins with or contains
                     25: - are allowed
1.4     ! raeburn    26: \item Set whether accounts within the LON-CAPA domain itself can be searched by
        !            27: users with privileges to add users to a course.
        !            28: \item Set whether users from other domains can search within a LON-CAPA domain.
1.1       raeburn    29: \end{itemize}
1.3       raeburn    30: In the case of a {}``contains'' type search at least
1.1       raeburn    31: three characters must be entered by the user as the search term. Searches
                     32: are case insensitive.