Manage Users

Manage Users

See also: Securing Categories

To access the Manage Users dialog, select Manage Users and Passwords from the Security dropdown menu in the administration client. Alternatively click the icon in the top toolbar:

The Manage Users dialog has two parts - a list of existing users on the left, and user properties on the right hand side:

To edit an existing user, select the user from the left hand pane. The properties will update accordingly.

User List Context Menu Options

Right-clicking on an existing user or in a blank area will launch the following popup context menu:

Add New User

Display Name: A friendly name for the user (typically their first and last name)

UserId: The username they will use to log on

Password / Confirm Password: These values must be identical. This is the password the user must enter to log in.

Security Level: This controls which users have access to modify permissions for other users and affects default permissions.

Delete User

This causes the selected user to be permanently deleted.

Refresh List

This will refresh the list from the database.

User Properties Pane

This panel shows the following editable options:

Display Name

This alters the user's friendly display name.

Allow this user to...

This allows fine-grain control over what the user is allowed to do and access within Presence. Some options are not editable depending on security level for that user.

More detailed descriptions of the options are available in the Presence User Management section.

Security Level

This allows you to change the user's security level. Note that you cannot change a security level to be higher than the one you are currently logged on as.

Change Password

This allows you to change the user's password if the currently logged on user has sufficient permissions.

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