[Using Sakai] Sakai 2.6.x, LDAP and withdrawing studentry -- best practices?

[will at serensoft.com]

Sent this to DEV list, should have sent it here :)



Short version:

Are there any "best Sakai practices" when it comes to withdrawing
LDAP-authenticated students?


Long version:

We've got Sakai 2.6.x hooked up to an LDAP server. Student 'bob' gets
authenticated via LDAP to Sakai, logs in, takes tests and quizzes, turns in
assignments... for a few weeks.

Then 'bob' quits school.

Other students continue, taking more tests, more assignments.

The IT folks notice that just by disabling the LDAP entry, Sakai no longer
shows that student in "Site Info" or the "Gradebook". One fell swoop, all
taken-care-of. All the data inside Sakai, including sakai_site_user.*,
remains as it was. But now, worksite maintainers can't find 'bob' listed to
'inactivate' or 'remove' him from their worksites.

Is the best idea to re-activate the LDAP account, have all worksites
'deactivate' (or remove?) the student, and then turn the LDAP entry off
again?

-- 
will trillich
"The ancestor of every action is a thought" -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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