Add typical expiry time for guest access

[mirror/dsa-wiki.git] / input / howto / add-guest.creole

diff --git a/input/howto/add-guest.creole b/input/howto/add-guest.creole
index 9783a7f..46999f7 100644 (file)
--- a/input/howto/add-guest.creole
+++ b/input/howto/add-guest.creole
@@ -25,19 +25,10 @@ or whereever you keep the checkout.  Then
 Once that is done, to to db-master (aka draghi) and add the account:
 
 {{{
-       ud-useradd -n
+       ud-useradd -g
 }}}
 
+* note the -g, this is for guest accounts (doesn't prompt for -private etc.)
 * enter fingerprint, account name, [fml] name and forwarding address.
-* do _not_ subscribe to -private (enter a <space> character)
-* keep uid number
-* use 60000 as gid number
-
-Then set an expire date for the user:
-{{{
-       echo -n "userid of new user: " &&
-       read uid &&
-       ldapvi --encoding=ASCII -ZZ --ldap-conf -h db.debian.org -D uid=$USER,ou=users,dc=debian,dc=org "uid=$uid"
-}}}
-
-and set {{{shadowExpire}}} to today + 60 days (   {{{echo $(( `date +%s` / 3600 / 24 + 60 ))}}}   ).
+* enter expiry date and hosts to allow access to, per the request.
+  Two months is typical.