Please explain for us newbies. Due to security and accountability problems CNS has largely discontinued issuing organizational user IDs.
Alternative mechanisms exist for meeting the needs which prompt users to make such a request.
Different organizations may choose any one or any combination of these mechanisms, according to their needs. Here is a table of needs and suggested mechanisms, followed by a brief explanation of each. A mail alias in Unix is like a user ID in appearance. It takes the place of the user ID part of an e-mail address. This set of individuals might have a different membership from that of any Unix group specified below.