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<p>Hi Martin,</p>
<p>Yes, this is the correct method for deleting users if they have
no deposits. If they did, I would recommend transferring
ownership of deposits before removing a user. I am assuming you
have quite a long list so you cannot go the "Manage Records ->
Users -> Remove" option would be overly time consuming.
Therefore you need will need to write a somewhat bespoke script
for doing this, like the one at: <br>
</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrn.eprints-hosting.org%2Fstuff%2Fremove_users&data=01%7C01%7C%7C9ca1c219bce34cdca64608d7f65d6c47%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=0Mnswe8v3sXtQINQXCYueNDXu%2B0zhrOIkAmQmhsEJf4%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://drn.eprints-hosting.org/stuff/remove_users" shash="j9BAg09BSq5XaZnTRaNVwf5ZidLxO88c3hNJeNBFgdOz2iLoJiT0/85/F8ccHWzF7Xe6KnbftRbbpBhaHkFoXVeagU5Me5Tr89jRaJXoMGEwQ6iZXbModdsM90IcSjJbQ3DwvzfATWPjHn8DSYipcisqF1+VoeEVX4QCREkDGI0=">http://drn.eprints-hosting.org/stuff/remove_users</a> <br>
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<p>You will need to put this in the bin directory of your archive,
make it executable and run as follows:</p>
<p>./remove_users ARCHIVE_NAME USER_LIST_FILENAME</p>
<p>Substitute ARCHIVE_NAME for your archive's name and
USER_LIST_FILENAME for the filename(and path) or a file containing
new line separated user IDs, e.g.</p>
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<p>Regards</p>
<p>David Newman<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/05/2020 10:06, Martin Hawksey via
Eprints-tech wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:EMEW3|af21713e03e00c1c4b4685aac358d127w4BA8Y14eprints-tech-bounces|ecs.soton.ac.uk|CAMKPGpVYEM7xmufsAAearHuOr8_uSDdDvke1v01osAXWK6R=cQ@mail.gmail.com">
<div dir="ltr">Hello all,
<div><br>
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<div>Sorry to join the list with what is probably a noob
question. Our eprints repo has a number of spam accounts and
we would like to remove all user accounts with no live
deposits. Via the deposit and user reporting I'm happy I can
create a list of user id's for removal but then I reach the
limits of my understanding, not being a Perl user/dev. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I've looked on the wiki and more widely for a solution and
I can find some snippets like <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.eprints.org%2Fw%2FAPI%3AEPrints%2FDataObj%2FUser%23remove&data=01%7C01%7C%7C9ca1c219bce34cdca64608d7f65d6c47%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=1t%2Bu4IW3jyuYBblxs6fCs3zxGKcfbF8FPn0nCXONZpI%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://wiki.eprints.org/w/API:EPrints/DataObj/User#remove" shash="kxgldrfsD4ZUws5HQU93PP+8DU/ID6Pdl+g8UOMjQBbRe6qjx5fe69fmTpNaq4vpRsp9ZJHvfF5Sr1y32mjJ3IYT7cBj3jqWK8DC7YJ+gzBn2G1oQc+sksE7RsVNVxEFdIWa46WHltuOZacXPqwrYtXljvF7DXFWm5O4LIKLvW4=" originalsrc="https://wiki.eprints.org/w/API:EPrints/DataObj/User#remove" shash="jcj7EvTneQhwGrASec/jlFIgtVP9t9f8C1QJdHG0xlE0cykhA/vFYvRJpxsbLW4KDnwHDAgEAONYXdvRyA+raA4k8pW169Bph+Ze8n/0pYFMl3oGm4ZGMIPK4lN9hHm9fHQU7hcX98WlSSEKkEJAYGM2G7JBpb8xnq9G8BSZR7s=" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.eprints.org/w/API:EPrints/DataObj/User#remove</a>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I was wondering if anyone on the list has had to go through
a similar process and has a script they can share?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Many thanks</div>
<div>Martin</div>
</div>
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