We give each outside visitor a new username and password to the database once they sign the agreement available on the webpage. Ronnie creates a new username based on the last name of the registrant and a unique number for each user. The username is lastname_NNNN, where lastname is the family name and NNNN is the numeric ID of the user. The numeric IDs 1-9 are reserved for RVL-SLLL users.
For instance, if Joe Smith is user number 234, his ID will be smith_0234.
Each user is added manually with the following commands on
asldata@rvl2.purdue.edu:
cd ~/passwd/ htpasswd passwd-ASL.txt lastname\_NNNN
Users are asked to sign this agreement before receiving a username and password:
https://engineering.purdue.edu/RVL/Database/ASL/Agreement.pdf
The usernames and encrypted passwords are stored in the file
~/passwd/passwd-ASL.txt