Wiki source code of User Management
Version 9.1 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 the *[default Albatross skin>AdminGuide.Skins]*.") | ||
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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*" | ||
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| 13 | {image:registeruser.jpg} | ||
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| 15 | 1.1 Changing the password for a user | ||
| 16 | This section of the manual contains a feature that exists in the skin but the link to it has yet to be added. | ||
| 17 | 1. Login as an Administrator. | ||
| 18 | 1. Click: "*Administration*" top right corner - this will open the main Administration page. | ||
| 19 | 1. Choose the tab: *Users* to bring up an overview of all users. | ||
| 20 | 1. Click on the chosen username. | ||
| 21 | 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 | ||
| 22 | 1. Update the password. | ||
| 23 | 1. Click the *Update* button to save your change. (Don't forget to tell the user) | ||
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| 25 | {image:changepassword.jpg} | ||
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| 28 | 1.1 Editing an existing user | ||
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| 30 | 1. Login as an Administrator. | ||
| 31 | 1. Click: "*Administration*" top right corner - this will open the main Administration page. | ||
| 32 | 1. Choose the tab: *Users & Groups* - this will show you two links to the User administration and the group administration pages. | ||
| 33 | 1. Click the link to "*the users page*" - this will bring up an over view of all users ( in big wikis this can be a very large page ). | ||
| 34 | 1. Click the user you wish to edit. | ||
| 35 | 1. On the userpage click *Edit* in the top left corner - this will open a page editing view. | ||
| 36 | 1. Select the "*Objects*" tab (can be selected directly from the previous step above). | ||
| 37 | 1. Select the "*XWiki.XWikiUsers*" object and edit the entries (name, e-mail, etc...) according to your requirements. | ||
| 38 | 1. Click "*Save and View*" - to save the changes you have made. | ||
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| 41 | 1.1 Deleting a user | ||
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| 43 | 1. Login as an Administrator. | ||
| 44 | 1. Use the search function (right hand side menu) to find all groups that the user is member of. | ||
| 45 | 1. Delete the user from each group he is member of. | ||
| 46 | 1. Finally delete the user by using the *delete* button (top left menu). |
