Wiki source code of User Management

Version 95.2 by Lucas Charpentier (Sereza7) on 2024/11/07

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52.3	1	{{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="Contents"}}
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44.1	4
44.2	5	= Adding users to your wiki =
1.1	6
52.5	7	1. Log in as an administrator
	8	1. Hover over "Wiki" and click on "Administer Wiki"
	9	1. Click on the "Users" link to bring up an overview of all the users
	10	1. Click on the "Add new user" button to open a registration page as shown on the image below
	11	1. Fill in the user information
56.1	12	1. Click "Save":(((
52.4	13	{{image reference="AddUser.png"/}}
52.5	14	)))
48.1	15
44.2	16	= Changing a user's password =
34.1	17
44.2	18	== Changing the password for any user ==
35.1	19
52.5	20	1. Log in as an administrator
	21	1. Hover over "Wiki" and click on "Administer Wiki"
	22	1. Click on the "Users" link to bring up an overview of all the users
	23	1. Click on the name of the user for which you want to change the password (this will take you to the user's profile page)
	24	1. Click on the "Preferences" tab
	25	1. Click on the "Change Password" button
	26	1. Enter the new password twice
56.1	27	1. Click on the "Update" button(((
52.4	28	{{image reference="ChangePassword.png"/}}
57.1	29
52.5	30	{{warning}}
	31	Don't forget to notify the user!
	32	{{/warning}}
	33	)))
52.3	34
44.2	35	== Changing the password for the logged in user ==
1.23	36
92.2	37	To change your own password follow these steps:
44.1	38
52.5	39	1. Click on your user name in the top right corner of the screen (this will redirect you to your profile)
	40	1. Click on the "Preferences" tab
	41	1. Click on the "Change password" button
60.1	42	1. Enter your current password (only needed since XWiki 5.1) and the new password twice
	43	1. Click on the "Save" button(((
58.1	44	{{image reference="ChangeOwnPassword.png"/}}
52.5	45	)))
32.1	46
83.1	47	== Changing the password security policy ==
81.1	48
92.2	49	You can define the password security for all the users of the wiki. The policy is defined by some rules available in the Administration > Users & Rights > Registration page. You can specify the minimum length of the password, and if it must contain numbers, lower/upper case characters, and symbol.
81.1	50
	51	{{image reference="password-policy-fields.png"/}}
	52
83.2	53	Please note that when the rules are changed, all further password changes must comply with the new rules, but the older password are still all valid.
81.1	54
44.2	55	= Editing an existing user =
1.14	56
52.5	57	1. Log in as an administrator
	58	1. Hover over "Wiki" and click on "Administer Wiki"
	59	1. Click on the "Users" link to bring up an overview of all the users
90.1	60	1. You have two options:
52.5	61	11. Click the user name for the user you want to edit
	62	11*. On the user's profile page click on the small yellow pencil corresponding to the information you want to edit (profile or preferences)
	63	11*. Click "Save and View" to save the changes you have made
	64	11. Click on the small yellow pencil near the user you want to edit (this will open up a lightbox with the main information of that user)
56.1	65	11*. Make your modifications and click "Save"(((
52.5	66	{{info}}
	67	There is also a link to the complete user profile, where you can proceed as above (first option).
	68	{{/info}}
57.1	69
74.1	70	{{image reference="EditUserProfile.png" width="580px"/}}
52.5	71	)))
30.1	72
86.1	73	= Disabling a user =
	74
90.1	75	== From the administration ==
86.1	76
95.2	77	[[image:user_administration_disable_account.png\|\|height="271"]]
86.1	78
	79	1. Log in as an administrator
90.1	80	1. Go to the User section of the Wiki administration
	81	1. Click on the closed lock to disable a user
86.1	82
	83	To enable a user, follow the same steps but click on the opened lock.
	84
	85	== From a user profile ==
	86
90.1	87	[[image:user_profile_enabled_account.png\|\|height="415" width="960"]]
86.1	88
	89	1. Login an an administrator
90.1	90	1. Visit a user profile
	91	1. Click on the "Disable this account" action.
86.1	92
90.1	93	[[image:user_profile_disabled_account.png\|\|height="387" width="960"]]
86.1	94
	95	To enable a user, follow the same step but click on the "Enable this account" action.
	96
44.2	97	= Deleting a user =
1.25	98
52.5	99	1. Log in as an administrator
86.1	100	1. Go to the User section of the Wiki administration
56.1	101	1. Delete the user by clicking the red "X" corresponding to the user you want to delete (the user will be automatically removed from all the groups it belonged to)(((
44.1	102	{{info}}
90.1	103	You won't be able to delete the currently logged in user and you'll need to log-in using other credentials. This is done in order to prevent mistakes.
44.1	104	{{/info}}
57.1	105
90.1	106	[[image:user_administration_disable_account.png\|\|height="271" width="960"]]
52.5	107	)))
31.1	108
51.1	109	= Modify the number of users displayed in the list =
52.3	110
92.2	111	Edit the ##XWiki.AdminUsersSheet## page. It contains a line like this:
51.1	112
	113	{{code}}
	114	var ta = new XWiki.widgets.LiveTable("$url", "userstable", callback);
	115	{{/code}}
	116
52.5	117	Replace it with:
51.1	118
	119	{{code}}
	120	var ta = new XWiki.widgets.LiveTable("$url", "userstable", callback, {limit: 100});
	121	{{/code}}
	122
92.2	123	where ##100## is the number of items displayed per page.
51.1	124
44.2	125	= Customizing the Registration page =
	126
92.2	127	Customizing the registration page is done by the "Verified Registration" Page, part of the [[Administration Application>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application]]. This provides more features such as captcha and client side validation of user input. For more information about how to configure it, visit the [[application page>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application]].
43.1	128
52.5	129	In order to customize the registration page you must follow these steps:
44.1	130
52.5	131	1. Log in as an administrator
71.1	132	1. Click on the right drawer icon, then click on "Administer Wiki"
	133	1. Go to "Users & Rights" > "Registration"
56.1	134	1. Make your modifications and click "Save":(((
74.1	135	{{image reference="Registration.png" width="960px"/}}
52.5	136	)))
56.1	137
76.1	138	= Enable/Disable User Account =
	139
92.2	140	It is possible to disable a user account and to enable it back from his/her profile. A disabled user is able to login but cannot perform any action once logged-in.
76.1	141
	142	{{gallery}}
80.1	143	image:disable-account.png
	144	image:enable-account.png
	145	image:account-disabled-warning.png
76.1	146	{{/gallery}}
	147
75.1	148	= Inactive Users =
	149
	150	If you configured the registration page to enable the Use Email Verification, then new registered users are by default inactive. The user account is activated by a link on the email. (See more information in [[Administration Application>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application]]).
	151
92.2	152	Inactive users are prevented to get access to most pages of the wiki by default. The pages they can get access to can be configured in the [[configuration>>Documentation.AdminGuide.Configuration#HAllowedPagesforInactiveUsers]]. Prior to that, the ##Authentication Active Check## must be enabled in order for inactive users to get access to the wiki.
93.1	153
	154	= User Storage =
	155
	156	Users are stored inside wiki pages containing an XObject of the ##XWiki.XWikiUsers## XClass. To see all the user metadata, you can navigate to the profile page of a user and edit it using the Object editor.
	157

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