WordPress MU

I'm not a code expert, and worse have NIL experience with php, so I'm looking for some help as to where I can make some adjustments.
I appreciate my needs are unique as that I'm trying to set up BLOGs as learning logs in a school - so need to remove certain admin features from students.

Needs =
(1) Remove the restriction to force different emails per blog
(2) HardWire or be able to set intitial passwords

I would appreciate someone telling me where abouts the code/function that performs the above is - I'm willing to experiment/play/hack and take it from there.

Don't suppose there are any 'shortcuts' for setting up multiple users at once?

Yeh, I'm deliberately using an earlier version that doesn'trblock multiple emails, I'll email it to you if you want: james /at/ incsub .dot. org

Am gonna have to upgrade at some time though so it'd be good to know how to hack this (kinda unneccessary!) bit of code out.

Passwords are a funny one though... just out of interest why would ya wanna do that?

James, dont try to upgrade. Last versions are ruined.

Thanks for the offer for the earlier version, but at this stage I'll pursue trying to find a code hack.

Reason for hardcoding [the first initial] password..
I want the teacher to be ab le to set up each student with a BLOG. [hence one email] The BLOG will be a learning log, part of an electronic portfolio. I also want the teacher to be the 'admin', and not the student.
Security isn't an issue for us - internal access only. We dealing with young students.
We have a linux/WindowOS AD environment, with unified security [one logon access all]. Were dealing with young students, another password isn't a good idea. (Off course LDAP intergration would solve all <G>).

I could knock up a bare basic, simple boring asp.net based BLOG, but Wordpress seems a *far* better solution if it can be 'twisted' to fit our needs..

Cheers!

Thnaks Invizz... that kind of info is pretty darn invaluable! In many ways I reckon we'd benefit by providing a semi-stable release 'cos we're making no friends with bust up code!

Whaddya reckon? Do you have a candidate... I guess I do.