Wiki source code of User Management
Version 31.1 by EvelinaSlatineanu on 2008/03/06
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| 1 | 1 User Management | ||
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| 3 | #info("These instructions assume you're using *[Albatross or Toucan skin>AdminGuide.Skins]* (screenshots for Toucan).") | ||
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| 5 | 1.1 Adding Users to a XWiki | ||
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| 7 | 1. Login as an administrator. | ||
| 8 | 1. Click: "*Administration*" top right corner - this will open the main Administration page. | ||
| 9 | 1. Choose the tab: *Users* to bring up an overview of all users. | ||
| 10 | 1. Click on "*Add new user*" button to open the registration lightbox. | ||
| 11 | 1. Complete the user information and press "*Save*" | ||
| 12 | 1. You can also customize the way users are registered in your xwiki by overriding the XWiki.Registration page. | ||
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| 14 | {image:registeruser.jpg} | ||
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| 16 | 1.1 Changing the password for a user | ||
| 17 | This section of the manual contains a feature that exists in the skin but the link to it has yet to be added. | ||
| 18 | 1. Login as an Administrator. | ||
| 19 | 1. Click: "*Administration*" top right corner - this will open the main Administration page. | ||
| 20 | 1. Choose the tab: *Users* to bring up an overview of all users. | ||
| 21 | 1. Click on the chosen username. | ||
| 22 | 1. To the URL of the page add the follwing extention: *?xpage=passwd* . This will give you a URL looking something like<br /> http : // server/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/~~A UserName~~?xpage=passwd | ||
| 23 | 1. Update the password. | ||
| 24 | 1. Click the *Update* button to save your change. (Don't forget to tell the user) | ||
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| 26 | {image:changepassword.jpg} | ||
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| 29 | 1.1 Editing an existing user | ||
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| 31 | 1. Login as an Administrator. | ||
| 32 | 1. Click: "*Administration*" top right corner - this will open the main Administration page. | ||
| 33 | 1. Choose the tab: *Users* to bring up an overview of all users. | ||
| 34 | 1. You have two options: | ||
| 35 | 1. Click the username you wish to edit. | ||
| 36 | 1*. On the userpage click *Edit* in the top left corner - this will open a page editing view. | ||
| 37 | 1*. Select the "*Objects*" tab (can be selected directly from the previous step above). | ||
| 38 | 1*. Select the "*XWiki.XWikiUsers*" object and edit the entries (name, e-mail, etc...) according to your requirements. | ||
| 39 | 1*. Click "*Save and View*" - to save the changes you have made. | ||
| 40 | 1. Click on the pencil icon near the user you want to edit. | ||
| 41 | 1*. This will open up a lightbox with the main information of that user, which you can edit in place. | ||
| 42 | 1*. After your modifications press "*Save*" to be redirected to the *Users* view. | ||
| 43 | 1*. There is also a link to the complete user profile, where you can proceed as above (first option). | ||
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| 45 | {image:edituser2.jpg} | ||
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| 47 | 1.1 Deleting a user | ||
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| 49 | 1. Login as an Administrator. | ||
| 50 | 1. Delete the user by using the *X* button in *Users* view. | ||
| 51 | 1. Once a user is deleted from *Users* table, it will also be deleted from any group he's member of. | ||
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| 53 | {image:edituser.jpg} |
