User Management

Adding Users to a XWiki

1. Login as an administrator.
2. Click: "Administration" top right corner - this will open the main Administration page.
3. Choose the tab: Users to bring up an overview of all users.
4. Click on "Add new user" button to open the registration lightbox.
5. Complete the user information and press "Save"

Changing the password for a user

This section of the manual contains a feature that exists in the skin but the link to it has yet to be added.

1. Login as an Administrator.
2. Click: "Administration" top right corner - this will open the main Administration page.
3. Choose the tab: Users to bring up an overview of all users.
4. Click on the chosen username.
5. To the URL of the page add the follwing extention: ?xpage=passwd . This will give you a URL looking something like
    http : // server/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/A UserName?xpage=passwd
6. Update the password.
7. Click the Update button to save your change. (Don't forget to tell the user)

Editing an existing user

1. Login as an Administrator.
2. Click: "Administration" top right corner - this will open the main Administration page.
3. Choose the tab: Users to bring up an overview of all users.
4. You have two options: 
5. Click the username you wish to edit.
   • On the userpage click Edit in the top left corner - this will open a page editing view.
   • Select the "Objects" tab (can be selected directly from the previous step above).
   • Select the "XWiki.XWikiUsers" object and edit the entries (name, e-mail, etc...) according to your requirements.
   • Click "Save and View" - to save the changes you have made.
6. Click on the pencil icon near the user you want to edit.
   • This will open up a lightbox with the main information of that user, which you can edit in place.
   • After your modifications press "Save" to be redirected to the Users view.
   • There is also a link to the complete user profile, where you can proceed as above (first option).

Deleting a user

1. Login as an Administrator.
2. Use the search function (right hand side menu) to find all groups that the user is member of.
3. Delete the user from each group he is member of.
4. Finally delete the user by using the delete button (top left menu).