We're talking about existing SLAC users, right? Not to beat this into the ground (OK, yes, I am), but I want to be SURE we're talking about the same thing and not talking about registering a bunch of new users only for Atlas (unless they have a specific need for a shell account at SLAC. BC > > I tend to favor this approach. If the secondary account request is added > in the "Additional instructions or special group requirements" section of > the account form, things should go through smoothly. If the ATLAS user > neglects to add it to the form, the czar can to add it before he signs > (more often than not, the czar is the one who really knows what the person > needs). > Thanks, Arla > > -----Original Message----- > From: Young, Charles C. > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:31 PM > To: Moss, Leonard J. > Cc: Boeheim, Charles T.; Yang, Wei; atlas-sccs-planning-l; LeCount, Arla > Subject: RE: First Draft of the Western Tier 2 web page > > Hi Len, > > I guess the question is whether adding secondary group is truly ATLAS > specific or if it's a generally available (if seldom utilized) service > during account creation. To the extent it's the latter, the Help Desk > doesn't have to know anything special about ATLAS. They are simply > executing a normal request. I hope we don't get into the practice of > questioning whether a person signing knows what he has signed. Cheers. > > Charlie > -- > Charles C. Young > M.S. 43, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center > P.O. Box 20450 > Stanford, CA 94309 > [log in to unmask] > voice (650) 926 2669 > fax (650) 926 2923 > CERN GSM +41 76 487 2069 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Moss, Leonard J. > > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:35 PM > > To: Young, Charles C. > > Cc: Boeheim, Charles T.; Yang, Wei; atlas-sccs-planning-l; LeCount, > > Arla > > Subject: RE: First Draft of the Western Tier 2 web page > > > > On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 at 13:55 [-0700], Young, Charles C. wrote: > > > > > This is a much better way of doing it. We will keep the account > > > creation process fairly generic, and won't be asking the > > Help Desk to > > > know anything about ATLAS work space, which is what I > > wanted to avoid. > > > > > > Maybe instead of having the czar add the comment, the ATLAS > > specific > > > instructions can tell the user to do this? > > > > Well, I think that's leaning back towards asking the Help Desk to know > > something special about Atlas procedures. If a new user in, say, the > > GLAST group requested membership in some GLAST-related secondary group > > I'm not certain our Help Desk people would simply assume that the czar > > had really noticed that request, and intended to approve it, when > > he/she signed the form. That's just my opinion, though. I think this > > is another issue we should invite Arla to comment on. > >