I need to manage a list of users to my forum. The "Allowed Member List" Auth Type seems promising. However users need to connect to the site at least once, so that a profile is created and they appear in the list of members.
I would like to create profiles manually, without involving the targeted users, identifying users with their NT id. Roughly just like you would create a Windows NT group.
Can I achieve this without modifying the database itself with unfriendly SQL ?
Yes. The thing is I don't want to have to manage NT groups ( myself... ) The idea is to have moderators manage their users lists ( and they don't have access to the NT server Computer Management tools ).
I don't know a thing about NT groups and I'm not sure about what you want to do either. I never haven even used NT authentication. I think I'm gonna move this to the NT authentication forum, maybe someone can understand better what your problem is.