--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_LangTZAuth.tex 2008/07/23 13:22:36 1.3 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_LangTZAuth.tex 2014/06/26 15:07:10 1.9 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +\label{Domain_Configuration_LangTZAuth} Prior to LON-CAPA 2.7, default language and authentication type/argument were defined in the domain's entry in the domain.tab file. Those settings will continue to be used by servers in your domain until you have @@ -27,7 +28,27 @@ timezone. The timezones available are mo although for the USA there are some in the form America/State/City as well as EST5EDT, CST6CDT, MST7MDT, PST8PDT and HST (for Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific and Hawaii Timezones, which adjust for -daylight savingas as appropriate). If no default timezone is set times -will be displayed according to the timezine of the server hosting +daylight savings as appropriate). If no default timezone is set times +will be displayed according to the timezone of the server hosting the user's LON-CAPA session. +\item portal/default URL - starting with LON-CAPA 2.10, a default URL can +be specified. This URL will be included in e-mail sent to confirm self-enrollment etc. +and might be for a load-balancer LON-CAPA server, or in the case of a multi-domain server, +for a specific alias used for the domain. \end{itemize} + +Domain configurations can also be set for institutional user types via the same screen. + +Prior to LON-CAPA 2.11, institutional user types were defined in the \&inst\_usertypes +subroutine in localenroll.pm, which would be customized for consistency with types +defined in institutional data feeds. Setting of user types via the Domain Configuration +web GUI supersedes use of localenroll::inst\_usertypes(). Items that can be set are: + +\begin{itemize} +\item Internal ID (e.g., faculty) +\item Name Displayed (e.g., Faculty/Academic Staff) +\item Order (Listing order, 1 through N, when the type is to be selected from a list). +\item Whether status type can also be assigned to a non-institutional user with an e-mail + address as username +\end{itemize} +