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Gary is right. We are not _requiring_ ATLAS users to get SLAC accounts. There is no reason to if they go exclusively through the grid. Those who want to do useful work on the SLAC cluster before they retire may well want/need to. 

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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> Behalf Of Buhrmaster, Gary
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:50 PM
> To: Cowles, Robert D.; Moss, Leonard J.; Gowdy, Stephen
> Cc: Su, Dong; atlas-sccs-planning-l; LeCount, Arla
> Subject: RE: Minutes of ATLAS/SCCS Planning Meeting 30th August 2006
> 
> 
> > I don't understand why we would be requiring Atlas users to 
> get SLAC 
> > accounts. If Atlas users want a DOEgrids certificate, then DOEgrids 
> > should have a way to verify membership in Atlas and an RA 
> capable of 
> > doing that.
> 
> These are local Atlas users.  Not grid (only) users.
> 
> It is left to the imagination of the questioner as to whether 
> grid (only) users will eventually find they need local 
> accounts to do their work.
> 
> > I don't want a bunch of Atlas grid users having shell accounts that 
> > they should never have a reason to use and that are just 
> sitting there 
> > dormant.
> 
> See above.
>  
> > BC
>