Most of our sites automatically create accounts when someone logs in via CUWebAuth or simpleSAML. www.library.cornell.edu is different. The user will end up here: 

https://www.library.cornell.edu/no-account

Step-by-step guide

 

  1. Log in to www.library.cornell.edu with your site administrator privileges. (only administrators can do this)
  2. Go to the user list and add a user https://www.library.cornell.edu/admin/people
    1. Username -> netID of the user
    2. E-mail address -> the user's Cornell email
    3. Password -> something awful - they won't be needing it
    4. Status -> Active
    5. Roles -> contributor
    6.  
    1. find the user you just added - check their checkbox
    2. choose the operation: Let user authenticate with CUWebAuth
    3. hit the Execute button
  3. Email the user and ask them to test logging in

 

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