[LON-CAPA-admin] Confirm self creation of user accounts

[Stuart Raeburn]

Hi,

> Isn't it possible to put account creation requests in a queue to be
> confirmed by the Domain Coordinator instead of a direct creation? I
> thought it is but I cannot find any setting in the domain configuration.

In 2.10.1, if self creation of a LON-CAPA user account with e-mail  
address as username is enabled for a domain, there is no facility to  
queue the request for approval by a Domain Coordinator. (Although  
other things - i.e., course creation requests, and course enrollment  
requests can be queued, pending approval).

The original implementation of self-creation of accounts was primarily  
intended for institutions which support institutional authentication  
(e.g., LDAP/Kerberos or SSO). In such circumstances users from a  
domain without an existing LON-CAPA account log-in with their  
institutional username/password, and if authenticated, can have an  
account created automatically.

> Any chance?

I filed an enhancement request:
http://bugs.loncapa.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6646
and added you as a CC.

Once the functionality is in place to queue new account requests,  
pending approval by a DC, the question then becomes what criteria does  
the Domain Coordinator use to make the decision to approve/reject the  
request - given that all that has possibly been provided is an e-mail  
address.

> If not, any other (simple) way how to allow self creation of accounts
> but with confirmation?

LON-CAPA's "Contact Helpdesk" web form could be completed by someone  
needing an account to send a message to the domain's helpdesk to ask  
for an account to be created (the person's e-mail address is required  
when completing the web form).


Stuart Raeburn
LON-CAPA Academic Consortium


Quoting Stefan Bisitz <st.bisitz at ostfalia.de>:

> Hi,
>
> I have a LON-CAPA server which allows account creation by self creation
> using an e-mail address. The server is running the current official
> production release 2.10.1.
>
> Isn't it possible to put account creation requests in a queue to be
> confirmed by the Domain Coordinator instead of a direct creation? I
> thought it is but I cannot find any setting in the domain configuration.
>
> Any chance?
>
> If not, any other (simple) way how to allow self creation of accounts
> but with confirmation?
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan Bisitz
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