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Thanks Jim for this reminder. We have set it up such that LDAP authentication failure (due to unmatched password) would not be passed to Bb. Only usernames not found in LDAP will be passed to Bb for authentication and this enable us to create additional accounts, particular for instructors to have second account to check their course sites from a student view, e.g. to complete a test process. Jie -----Original Message----- From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jim Boone Sent: 26 May 2006 09:51 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Batch creating users and passwords Shen, Dr J. wrote: >In the batch file, I have set random password for each user account. >This is redundant now because we are using LDAP for authentication. > >Jie > > It depends, by default the authentication fails over to internal DB in the case that LDAP fails, which means if you set a blank, or blanket field entry, you could compromise your security.... -- Jim Boone -------------------------------------------- Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College R&D Manager - Information and Communication Technologies Tel: 01494 522141 ext 3569