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Title: Users/groups creating new users / email accounts
Post by: phowardcom on January 24, 2005, 07:50:16 PM

Is there any way of allowing a user or a group access to create other users?

Say I have 100 users but I want them to have up to 5 email addresses each. They won't all use them but need the ability to set them up without bothering the admin.

Is there a way where you can set it so they can create / delete users themselves, but obviously only the ones they have created?

Sounds a bit bizzare I agree but it would save me so much time when people want a test account for a few days and then want to delete it when they have finished with it.

I found the following on the dungog site:

* dungog-useraccounts changelog
An alternate useraccounts panel that allows the procmail setting to be retained. You can delegate this panel to a user and all users they create will belong to a nominated group.

Is that what I require?

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Title: Users/groups creating new users / email accounts
Post by: GoVeGeTa on January 25, 2005, 02:34:09 PM

I think you may need lazy admin tools!

I am only new at this, (the whole linux thing, but it seems that this would suffice your requirements) but that should do!

Do a search for lazy admin tools which should return some results for you to look at!

Cheers  :pint:

Title: Users/groups creating new users / email accounts
Post by: phowardcom on January 25, 2005, 02:36:19 PM

I think the Lazy Admin Tools are just for bulk setting up of users etc arent they?

Title: Users/groups creating new users / email accounts
Post by: GoVeGeTa on January 25, 2005, 02:44:15 PM

Not entirely sure,

like isaid in the prevoious post 'I am only new to this'

I am experimenting with LAT now, just to see if i can automate a site for account registration, etc....
via a few forms and scripts.

Still no luck at present!

But will keep updated.

Title: Re: Users/groups creating new users / email accounts
Post by: Michiel on January 31, 2005, 07:09:03 PM

Quote from: "phowardcom"

I found the following on the dungog site:

* dungog-useraccounts changelog
An alternate useraccounts panel that allows the procmail setting to be retained. You can delegate this panel to a user and all users they create will belong to a nominated group.

Is that what I require?

That would indeed do the trick. However, if you delegate this panel, that user will be able to  modify/delete/forward ANY e-mail address. It would for example allow Joe Bloke to set an automatic forward for your CEO's e-mail.

Your best option is to delegate the e-mail panel to one specific person, train that person and let him/her do all the modifications.

Michiel