Accounts: Temporary Accts

Accounts & Policies

Accounts

• UnityID
• Temporary Accts
  • NoPay
  • Nomad
  • Workshop
• MySQL

Policies

• NC State
• ECE Dept

NoPay Accounts

Making Guests Permanent -- NoPay NCSU Accounts

NCSU has the ability (once again this is at the departmental/unit level) to create Unity accounts for individuals that are associated with the University, but are neither students nor on payroll. These are referred to as NoPay accounts. It’s a slight complicated procedure, but basically, someone in the department vouches for an outsider to have access. Example: Tom Conte has some researchers at Intel that he works with. They require access to some of his systems/websites. Tom comes to me and requests that we extend a NoPay account to them. Assuming I agree (some basic usage/access questions are always asked), the outsider fills out a form we have for the purpose of collecting the HR information that is required. UnityID accounts are now COMPLETELY tied to the NCSU HR system -- one is not created without the person being entered into our HR systems.

FYI - This is not a good thing as it has increased the time to get a UnityID from 24hrs to 2 weeks, but that’s the way it is.

  Don't currently have a Unity or EOS Realm ID? Need one? Need an extention? Request a NoPay Account.

NOMAD Accounts

We will not permanently register a machine for someone who will only be here a short while. In these cases, a guest NOMAD account is provided to the individual. This allows non-NCSU personnel to access the NCSU Wireless network. As most laptops are now equipped with wireless cards, this covers most scenarios.

We have a form being created for this. For now, we request that an email be sent to ecehelp@ncsu.edu by the visitor's sponsor.

As a follow up to the guest NOMAD access: Within all classrooms and conference rooms we recommend the usage of a WIRED Nomad Wall port. It is possible to configure a wall port to act as a part of the NOMAD wireless network. As such, any laptop that plugs into this wall port will receive an IP from the NOMAD network, and require that someone login b/f network access is granted. Combined with guest NOMAD accounts provided by the college or department, this grants guests the ability to use wired network access in specific locations without the need to register their machine. It provides increased security for the University as we record the accesses of these guest NOMAD userids, remove the possibility of guests using any wall port they see, and as guest accounts are limited in their time frame (usually limited to a couple days or less upon creation) we can restrict the length of their access to the NCSU network.

Workshop Accounts

Accounts are available for workshop attendees and sponsors who need access to University resources during seminars and meetings. There are different policies and procedures for obtaining a temporary account depending on which college the workshop is associated with.

It should be noted that the facility creating these accounts is not designed to provide accounts for individual visitors particularly those who will be using NCSU computing facilities for weeks or months; accounts of this type should be provided as NoPay account (see above) for the individuals involved.

Requesting Accounts

1. The department requesting the account and the sponsor of the account.
   • Sponsor’s Name
   • Telephone number
   • email
2. The number of accounts requested.
3. The start and end dates of the program.
4. Any special needs must be delineated at the time of the request.

In general, requests must be made a minimum of 72 hours prior to the start date of the activity. This will allow the systems to properly allocate and activate the accounts prior to the requested start date.

Sponsor Responsibilities

The sponsor of the activity is expected to be the party responsible for the ensuring the use of these accounts conforms to NCSU policies and procedures governing computer use. In case of misuse, the sponsor will be contacted.

In the event that activity is detected on one of these accounts that violates campus procedures, the account will be terminated. In such a case, the department or center IT support staff and the sponsor will be requested to provide details on the possible abuse.

In cases of serious abuse, the appropriate department or center head will be notified and, particularly if there is no response to a request for details, may lead to a denial of future workshop requests by the sponsor.