Wiki source code of User Management
Version 36.1 by EvelinaSlatineanu on 2008/03/07
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34.4 | 1 | #startfloatingbox() |
| 2 | *Contents* | ||
| 3 | #toc ("2" "3" "") | ||
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1.20 | 6 | 1 User Management |
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24.1 | 8 | #info("These instructions assume you're using *[Albatross or Toucan skin>AdminGuide.Skins]* (screenshots for Toucan).") |
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34.2 | 10 | 1.1 Adding Users to your wiki |
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34.2 | 12 | 1. Log in as an administrator. |
| 13 | 1. Click on the *<tt>Administration</tt>* link in the top right corner of the screen to go to the main Administration page. | ||
| 14 | 1. Choose the *<tt>Users</tt>* tab to bring up an overview of all users. | ||
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34.3 | 15 | 1. Click on *<tt>Add new user</tt>* button to open a registration page as shown on the image below. |
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34.2 | 16 | 1. Complete the user information and press the *<tt>Save</tt>* button. |
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34.2 | 18 | #info("You can also customize the way users are registered in your xwiki by creating a <tt>XWiki.Registration</tt> page which will override the default registration page.") |
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6.1 | 20 | {image:registeruser.jpg} |
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35.1 | 22 | 1.1 Changing a user's password |
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35.1 | 24 | 1.1.1 Changing the password for any user |
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| 26 | 1. Log in as an administrator. | ||
| 27 | 1. Click on the *<tt>Administration</tt>* link in the top right corner of the screen to go to the main Administration page. | ||
| 28 | 1. Choose the *<tt>Users</tt>* tab to bring up an overview of all users. | ||
| 29 | 1. Click on the name for the user for which to change the password. This lead you to the user's page. | ||
| 30 | 1. To the URL of the page add the following extension: *<tt>?xpage=passwd</tt>*. | ||
| 31 | 1. Modify the password and click the *<tt>Update</tt>* button to save your change. Don't forget to tell the user! | ||
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34.1 | 33 | {image:changepassword.jpg} |
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35.1 | 35 | 1.1.1 Changing the password for the logged in user |
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35.1 | 37 | To change *your own password*: |
| 38 | 1. Click on your user name in the top right corner of the screen. This will redirect you to your profile. | ||
| 39 | 1. Click on the *<tt>Change password</tt>* link in the menu | ||
| 40 | 1. Modify the password and click the *<tt>Update</tt>* button to save your change. | ||
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32.1 | 42 | {image:changepassword2.jpg} |
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1.15 | 44 | 1.1 Editing an existing user |
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35.1 | 46 | 1. Log in as an administrator. |
| 47 | 1. Click on the *<tt>Administration</tt>* link in the top right corner of the screen to go to the main Administration page. | ||
| 48 | 1. Choose the *<tt>Users</tt>* tab to bring up an overview of all users. | ||
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10.1 | 49 | 1. You have two options: |
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35.2 | 50 | 11. Click the user name for the user to edit. |
| 51 | 111*. On the user's page click *<tt>Edit</tt>* in the top left corner. This will open a page editing view containing the most common attributes than can be changed. | ||
| 52 | 111*. To edit other attributes, select the *<tt>Objects*</tt>" tab, select the "*<tt>XWiki.XWikiUsers</tt>*" object and edit the entries (name, e-mail, etc...) according to your requirements. | ||
| 53 | 111*. Click "*<tt>Save and View*</tt>" - to save the changes you have made. | ||
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35.1 | 54 | 11. Click on the pencil icon near the user you want to edit. |
| 55 | 111*. This will open up a lightbox with the main information of that user, which you can edit in place. | ||
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35.2 | 56 | 111*. After your modifications press <tt>*Save*</tt> to be redirected to the *Users* view. |
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35.1 | 57 | 111*. There is also a link to the complete user profile, where you can proceed as above (first option). |
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30.1 | 59 | {image:edituser2.jpg} |
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1.25 | 61 | 1.1 Deleting a user |
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35.2 | 63 | 1. Log in as an administrator. |
| 64 | 1. Click on the *<tt>Administration</tt>* link in the top right corner of the screen to go to the main Administration page. | ||
| 65 | 1. Choose the *<tt>Users</tt>* tab to bring up an overview of all users. | ||
| 66 | 1. Delete the user by using the *<tt>X</tt>* button for the user to delete. The user will automatically be removed from all the groups it belonged to. | ||
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35.2 | 68 | #info("You won't be able to delete the currently logged in user and you'll need to log using other credentials. This is to prevent mistakes...") |
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31.1 | 70 | {image:edituser.jpg} |
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