The username 'joe' can be used countless times - a domain profile is
dependend on domain/username/password and does not require a specific
username, nor one that is unique to the system :)
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Support Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Duncan Wilcox wrote:
> The ISP I'm working for has been handling domain registrations asynchronously for
>some time now.
>
> We log domain registration requests in a database, wait for the client's fax,
>authorize the registration through a web interface and then the backend will proceed
>with the actual registration (send email, wait for reply, etc. -- this is both for
>network solutions and for the italian NIC).
>
> I'm attempting to integrate OpenSRS into our backend by calling into the SRS server
>from our backend, and possibly providing a customized manage.cgi.
>
> I actually have a pretty simple perl sub that will fish user data from our database
>and register the domain on the test SRS server.
>
> My problem now is how to create users on the SRS server. I was thinking of
>automatically generating a username and a password, and notifying the user about it,
>and maybe reuse the same username and password if the user wants a new domain.
>However if the user changes the password through the manage interface I'll no longer
>be able to do it.
>
> Perhaps I should ask about domain/user creation semantics: can two user "joe" exists
>at the same time if they're associated with two different domains?
>
> This would allow me to request a username and password that I only actually create
>on the SRS server in a later session (possibly a few days later).
>
> Otherwise I'm kind of stuck.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Duncan
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