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this might help:
http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,1891.0.html
http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,3868.0.html

Kurund

Thank you for the links.

We have downloaded the civiCRM Roles Sync module. So far, here how it seems to be working:
1) set up the contacts on civicrm
2) set up the username / password / email & role on drupal as they sign up
3) auto sync name & address when user logs in / out

Which seems rather repetitive in that we need to input the data both in civiCRM and Drupal Users...

Wouldn't there exist a way of synchronising civiMembers automatically with Drupal Users, therefore automatically creating a Drupal User account for each civiMember and generating password&username automatically (which could both be modified by the holder of the account)?

The organisation is membership-led, which means that only individuals who become members of the organisation can have access to the full website content.
For that purpose, individuals are not allowed to register their details online or create new drupal user accounts;
the site administrators only can create those (most of the new users, for a start, will be inividuals already featuring in my database of contacts).

The idea is to input my database of Contacts into civiCRM, then add individuals into civiMember as they become members of the organisation and create them a drupal user account to give them access to the website content.

Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

Eileen, thank you for your post.
I am aware of that option. This is the standard way of synchronising contacts. However, I'd be looking for a way of synchronising the data the other way round -from a Member I have created in civiMember to a drupal user account... Would you have any ideas?

Is there a module that allows to create both a civiMember and a Drupal User at the same time?

You can set up membership (contribution) pages to have a profile on them that requires the end user to either be signed in or to create an account (enter a username on that form)