GuardDog - Data Managers

Data Managers

Using another Wolftech created program called LDAPSurfer, once a night GuardDog finds every user in the university and proceeds to add them to it's database automatically. In addition to just adding the users to GuardDog, LDAPSurfer also adds and removes users from automatic groups where necessary, creates automatic groups, and updates the .htaccess files for GuardDog areas whenever necessary.

At times though, LDAPSurfer cannot detect special circumstances that exist within a department. Some faculty members, for example, are only automatically added to one of the many areas they may fall under. The role of a data manager is to make sure that within each department all users who should be in a certain group are in that group.