Users question

[MaryJo Webster]

Is it possible to do a mass removal of users?  

We have hundreds of users in our PANDA that we set up three years ago. The vast majority of those people didn't actually use it; we've also had a number of people try to login recently and even resetting their password didn't work. A good number  of the users no longer work here. And other people who have joined the paper since then don't have accounts. 

So I essentially want to start over by deleting all the non-super users (which is just me and a couple tech people), and then doing a bulk load of everybody from scratch. 

I know that sounds crazy but we're kind of "starting over" with using PANDA in the newsroom and this seems like to most efficient way to take out the old and put in the new. 

The part I can't figure out how to do would be wiping out the old users en masse. 

thoughts?

thanks.

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MaryJo Webster

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651-491-6576

@MaryJoWebster

[w higgins]

The Django admin generally allows you to select all items by clicking on the select box for the model at the top. Then you can delete them. 

Caveats:

- You'd probably want to then de-select any admin users, or at least one that you have access to.

- I would test one deletion first, with a test user that you use to upload a small test file, to see what happens to any uploaded files that get orphaned.

- If/when you do batch-delete, pay attention to the dialog you'll get before completing it. There may be other cascade effects you don't want.

I'd check, but I no longer have access to a live Panda instance.

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