LSST Administrativa

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LSST Adminstrativa

To change their password: Login to https://project.lsst.org/phpmyadmin Under General Settings, locate link “Change Password” Set new complex password: i) English uppercase characters (A - Z) ii) English lowercase characters (a - z) iii) Base 10 digits (0 - 9) iv) Non-alphanumeric (for example: !, $, #, or %)

The phpmyadmin is exposed to the outside world. It is necessary to have a secure password.

Because so few users have access, resources were never put forth to connect to LDAP. This account is independent of all other accounts.

Process to Add a New Contact (don’t have a formal page but do have rough process that needs to be polished): Go to https://project.lsst.org/LSSTContacts/MemberListPage1.php There is a “login” link just above text LSST Contacts DB. Click the link to access login page. Use creds provided. You will see a new set of options but the formatting is off. Look for “Add New Contact” Fill in information Once entry has been made you have the option to go to Science Tab (first of the two) and check off which SC person belongs to. Every night at 9pm, scripts will add the contact to the particular SC mailman list and scicoll mailman list.

For altering existing contacts, Go to Individual Directory Do a search Click on the particular contact In “right window”, if necessary scroll down, click Update Info Go to the Science Tab (first of the two) and check off which SC person belongs to and uncheck the others Every night at 9pm, scripts will add the contact to the particular SC mailman list and scicoll mailman list.