How do others manage users?

Our organization has ~350 employees, all of which are fairly diverse. We use Cisco Call Manager as our VoIP system. I would say roughly 2/3rds of our staff have dedicated phones that can be associated to end users. The other 3rd are floating staff, or staff that do not have physical phones assigned to them. Managing the phone system feels like a full time job due to people moving around and changing stations. I have been trying to devise a method to keep our phone directory consistent and up to date. We have not synchronized with AD yet because we were running CUCM 8.x until just recently. Now that we are on 9.x we have more granular control over what is synced and what is not. With CUCM 9 Cisco really wants users associated to the phones, but some phones are in public areas, or have different staff each day. I am curious how others...
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(1) Was thinking about getting another external hard drive and exporting all my pictures by year into folders outside of iPhoto.
(2) Was also thinking of then uploading these pictures to flick to have them stored in a "cloud".
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Any input from others managing large iPhoto databases would be appreciated.
Thanks!

10k isn't large, really. I have a 35k library on iPhoto and we've seen reports on here from people with more than 200k pics. iPhoto is good for 250,000 images in any one Library.
(1) Was thinking about getting another external hard drive and exporting all my pictures by year into folders outside of iPhoto.
What does this achieve? You lose all the organisation of iPhoto, you have to choose between the Originals and you edited versions and so on. Why not back up the Library to this disk? Multiple back ups are valuable too:
My Library lives on my iMac. It’s Backed up to two external hard disks every day. These disks are permanently attached to the iMac. These back ups run automatically. One is done by Time Machine, one is a bootable back up done by SuperDuper
It’s also backed up to a portable hard disk when ever new photos are added. This hard disk lives in my car. For security, this disk is password protected.
I have a second off-site back up at a relative’s house across town. That’s updated every 3 or 4 months.
Every couple of months I test the back ups to make sure they are working correctly. It’s very easy to mis-configure a back up application, and the only way to protect against that is to do a trial restore.
(2) Was also thinking of then uploading these pictures to flick to have them stored in a "cloud".
Storing in the cloud is a good idea. There are many options: Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug etc. However, check the terms of your account carefully. While most sites have free uploading, you will often find that these uploads are limited in terms of the file size or the bandwidth you can use per month. For access that allows you to upload full size pics with no restrictions you may need to pay.
So be very careful that whatever you choose will actually accept all your photos and in full quality.
(3) Don't really understand iCloud for backing up large quantities of photos and it seems silly to pay for something that I can get for free.
iCloud offers no such service. There is no way to back up photos on iCloud at all.
Regards
TD

How can HelpDesk manage users in multiple Organizations in OIM R2

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Hi Adr,
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Hello,
I have a question concerning the practical use of Instant Client. I'm new to this topic and followed the installation guide for Instant Client and installed the software from CD as "oracle"-user belonging to "oinstall"-group.
My question:
How can I now grant access to the installed libraries which belong "oracle:oinstall" with a completely different user, lets say "tsmith" who belongs only to OS-group "users" ?
What is the most recommended way to grant access to other users?
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FireFighter

Oracle tends to be as restrictive with access permissions to the installed software, which is good in principle, but often leads to problems and bugs.
I'd say that if Instant Client is the only Oracle software you have installed in this Oracle Home, you can safely loosen the permissions on this Oracle Home.
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Wondering how I should manage user accounts

My Dad (on his computer) has a lot of private information he doesn't want anyone messing with, so he has made an account for himself, and an account for the rest of us. My Dad also takes a lot of photos and does a lot of video editing in iMovie on his account. The problem is, often my sister wants access to the iPhoto library and browse my dad's pictures, but there's no way she could access them from our account. Any suggestions on what we should do?

See this link about sharing iPhoto libraries among multiple users.
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How many people can't connect to other iSight users?

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Because tech support was unable to come up with a solution, we took our case up with upper level Apple management. We were recently told that no such problem has been brought to their attention, and if it did, it is likely the fault of misconfigured ISPs. How can that be? We use companies like Comcast and Time Warner, if it was a problem on their end wouldn't lots of people have complained? Even if it's true, what are we supposed to do about it? I'm starting to feel like we're being given the runaround and am getting close to demanding my money back on the three iSights we bought.
I would like to know, how many other iSight users have encountered similar problems with connecting to other iSight users and been unable to fix them?
Searching through this forum I have found a few postings from people who seem to have similar problems, but I'd like to confirm that we are not alone--and of course would love to know if anyone has found a solution!
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Ok:
I do not post too frequently in this discussion group, but i have found at least one solution to the "Can't get video from the camera" error message in iChat after upgrading to Tiger 10.4.3. I have a feeling there may be several other types of errors that cause this problem but here is what ultimately worked.
MY PROBLEM - computer seemed to work fine -- first noted problem was not being able to start either audio or video chat in iChat. It had work prior to upgrading to 10.4.3.
Equipment:
Titanium G4 powerbook 1Ghz; 100gig HD (6mo. new.) , 512 MB RAM, iSight, iChat 3.0, QT 7.0.3, Airport base station (not the Extreme) and there is an Airport Express in the house.
FAILED ATTEMPTS TO FIX:
Tried to perform basic repairs. Repairing permissions seemed to work -but had no effect on problem, Combo Updater 10.4.3 installed smoothly - but had no effect on problem, reverting to QT 7.0.1 also installed smoothly, but had no effect. Running Disk Repair from the OS X CD should "INVALID KEY ERRORS" UNABLE TO REPAIR DISK. Also, computer failed to boot in safe mode.
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Windows Server 2008 - How to remotely manage account passwords?

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Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then restart the computer. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation—not the mythical 10%, 15%, or any other percentage. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
When Time Machine backs up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of recently deleted files. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as Backups. The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself. If you followed bad advice to disable local snapshots by running a shell command, you may have ended up with a lot of data in the Other category. Ask for instructions in that case.
See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) or GrandPerspective (GP) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one. Note that ODS only works with OS X 10.8 or later. If you're running an older OS version, use GP.
Deleting files inside a photo or iTunes library will corrupt the library. Changes to such a library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
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ODS or GP can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
If you have more than one user account, make sure you're logged in as an administrator. The administrator account is the one that was created automatically when you first set up the computer.
Install the app you downloaded in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the corresponding line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
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Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
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I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
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Hi All,
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My wife, and other family members want to SHARE Contacts, Calendars etc... with other iCloud users.
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