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there is a bug in adm/createuser but this shouldn't be reflected
in documentation .. -Scott

# 04/11/2001 Scott Harrison

Creating a user for LON-CAPA

Simple Instructions (5 steps)
1. http://frootmig.physics.fsu.edu
2. User=fsudc Password=***
3. http://frootmig.physics.fsu.edu/adm/createuser
4. Phase 1: enter in a user id and domain
5. Phase 2: enter in personal data
            (first name, middle name, 
             last name, generation,
             ID/Student Number)
            and specify authentication mechanism
            and specify system roles for user to have [none]
            and specify domain roles for user to have
    [librarian, domain guest, author, ...]
            and specify course roles for user to have
    [course coordinator, student, teaching assistant,
        exam proctor, instructor, ...]

The details of what is happening (in case you are curious).
1. Log on as a user capable of creating a user.
   1a. This must be a user with a "mau" privilege.
   1b. rolesplain.tab: mau-->Modify authentication mechanism
                             and data for a user
   1c. roles.tab: su:s csu&U:sma:mau
                  dc:d cli&UIK:cau&U:cdg&UIK:mau:ccc&U:cin&UIK:
                         cta&UIK:cep&UIK:ccr&UIK:cst&UIK:ca\d&UIK
   1d. So, you have to be a dc=domain coordinator or a su=superuser
2. Access the loncreateuser.pm handler.
   2a. This is defined in /etc/srm.conf.
   2b. Here is the /etc/srm.conf entry:
<Location /adm/createuser>
PerlAccessHandler       Apache::lonacc
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::loncreateuser
ErrorDocument     403 /adm/login
ErrorDocument     406 /adm/roles
ErrorDocument     500 /adm/errorhandler
</Location>
   2c. So go to http://[machinename]/adm/createuser
   2d. loncreateuser.pm takes you through two "phases"
       (input screens)