Inactivation of Expired Users via Cron

1 Initial Problem

The „expired“ status of a user account isn’t equivalent to its „inactive“ status and by now (ILIAS 5.4.x), „expired“ can’t be transferred into „inactive“, either.
Thus, there is no easy way to get rid of „Karteileichen“ (nominal users).

2 Conceptual Summary

The „Check user accounts“ cron-job is enhanced in the following way:

• It can be edited.
• It offers the options to ...:
  • dispatch a warning mail
  • inactivate users that ...:
    • inactivates every expired user account.
    • Unlimits user accounts inactivated by this cron-job
      (i.e., it activate the „TimeLimitUnlimited“ option and deletes any entry from the „TimeLimitUntil“ and „TimeLimitFrom“ fields)

3 User Interface Modifications

3.1 List of Affected Views

adm/cron_jobs/

3.2 User Interface Details

• In the "Actions" column on the right, there is an „Edit“ link for the cron-job.
• The „Edit“ view offers the following options:
  • Checkbox „Warning Mail“
    (in case this can be done without much effort, it would be great in terms of streamlining to add a field for the number of „Days before …“ as available in related cron-jobs for deleting user accounts)
  • Checkbox „Inactivate Users"
    • When checked, ILIAS displays a sub-option checkbox „Unlimit Inactivated User Accounts“.

3.3 New User Interface Concepts

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4 Technical Information

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5 Contact

• Author of the Request: Suittenpointner, Florian [suittenpointner]
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