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Users Management

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General

Users management is done only by the admin of the ))TikiWikigroups management page?.

Adding a new user

After you have installed the software and logged in as the admin you will see the Menu on the left side. One of the items is Admin.

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To manage users of your ))TikiWiki((, click on the plus sign (+) on the right of Admin (it can be changed for "::" or a folder image displayed on the left later). This will cause the Admin submenu to fold out.

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In this submenu you will see the item for Users. Click on this and the users management module starts. It shows the form for adding a user and a list of current users with their relevant information. The user administration screen allows admins to create and edit users. You can create new users (useful if users can't register themselves), remove users and assign groups to a particular user. You can find users by login name using the find button at the top of the listing (it will act as a filter).

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Enter the name of a new user, that (s)he is going to use on your system, in the User field. Be sure to use only a combination of A..Z, a..z, 0-9. Other characters in the username may be problematic.

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You can either create a password for the new user or have the system generate one for you by clicking on the Generate a password link. When you generate a password, copy it in both of the password fields. The repeat password field is there to make sure that you entered the password that you intended and to ensure that you can login with that password.

Fill in the email address and finish the registration with a click on the Add button.

The new user will receive an email that will ask for confirmation of the registration by clicking on a URL that is in the confirmation email. When the user clicks on the link (s)he is registered and automatically logged in.

Adding new users in bulk

You can upload a list of users from a file. The file needs to be in a CSV format. The first line will contain the list of field names. The fields are login, password, email and groups. The next lines have a user per line. Example:

login,password,email,groups

dupont,passe,dupont@mail.com,'Editors,GroupX' durant,passe,durant@mail.com

"email","login","password"

"user1@mail.com","mister user1", "password,"

These groups must exist.

Adding a user to a group

Click the Key icon next to the user you want to assign a group to You will see a list of groups available below the User Information Under action you can click what group you want to add this user to

Finding a user

In the user management module there is a field where you can enter the name of a user that you want to find. The name you enter doesn't need to be exactly like the name you want to find. It is for instance not case sensitive. To search on part of a name is also supported. Searching on 'an' finds all the users with 'an' somewhere in their username.

Deleting a user

To delete a user, click on the red cross behind the users name. You are asked to confirm the deletion, go back to the user management module or return to the homepage. After confirmation the user is deleted.

Modifying existing user information

Groups management

See Groups Management

Thanks to

Thanks goes to Sridhar for his very nice TikiMovie on users management.

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Page last modified on Thursday 07 January, 2010 17:08:28 UTC by Marc Laporte5511 points .

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