Hi Merlin,

thanks for your comments.

On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 10:56:48PM +0000, Merlin Hansen wrote:
> I know of at least one post secondary institution that does use heirarchy 
> similar to that set up via LETTERHOMES due to the large number of accounts. 
> I'm not aware of any that use GROUPHOMES though.

And they don't create users via some kind of automation or directory
service?

> I have considered switching to a similar hierarchy as LETTERHOMES for the 
> current institution that I am with, also due to the large number of user 
> accounts. However, there are other ways to achieve this so if it is 
> deprecated then I'll find a different way. 🙂

Sites using a directory services are unlikely to use adduser in the
first place. Existing Automatisms using adduser can be adapted. I
acknowledge that poses an effort on the users of those automatisms
though.

Greetings
Marc

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