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Access to LETS, Purchasing to Be Streamlined

In conjunction with the Lab switching from telnet to SSH for logging into the ux10 server, a single UNIX login is being implemented for each of the two ux10-based applications, LETS and Purchasing. The change should make it easier for all employees to use the applications. Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 15, ux10 users will no longer need to use a personal UNIX account for using either the LETS or Purchasing applications.

Instead, users will use SSH to gain access to the ux10 server, and use a common UNIX login name and password, depending on which application they want to use. To select LETS, users will type in "lets" as both user name and password. For Purchasing, the user and password will be "purch". Once you have gained access to the application you want, the application login will follow the current procedure, with each employee using his or her individual user name and password.

The application menu which used to appear when logging into ux10 will disappear, as will the menu asking what type of computer the user is using. One of benefits of using the new system is that login is streamlined for the user, since there is no ux10 UNIX account/password to remember, and two menu layers have been eliminated. Additionally, new employees will no longer need to get ux10 UNIX accounts assigned to use these applications.

After a two-month transition period, access to the ux10 applications via personal ux10 Unix accounts will no longer be possible. Existing ux10 UNIX accounts that employees have been assigned solely for LETS/Purchasing will be retired once the new system is up and running.