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Implementing your user rights scheme

Creating regular users

Prerequisites for creating regular users  Top

You must create a domain and a user group before you can create regular users.

For instructions on creating domains, see Creating domains. For instructions on creating user groups, see Creating user groups.

To create a regular user, complete the following steps.

Step

Action

1

Log into ContentDirector as a system administrator or domain administrator.

2

On the menu bar at the top of the main screen, click Users.

3

Click New.

Result: The New User screen that appears consists of three tabs: Account, Personal, and Group. The Group tab is inactive until a user type is selected.

The Account and Group tabs are required. The Personal tab contains optional information.

4

On the Account tab, fill in the Username, Password, and Confirm password fields.

Note
Passwords must have a minimum of five characters.

5

At the Type field, click the drop-down menu and select User.

6

Select the check box next to User Must Change Password At Next Logon if you want the new users to immediately change their password.

7

Select Account Disabled to disable the account.

8

Click the Personal tab and fill in optional personal information, if desired.

9

Click the Groups tab.

10

Click the drop-down menu next to the Domain field, and select the domain.

11

Select a user group in the Available panel, then click Add to make this user a member of the user group. If you are adding this user to multiple groups, repeat this step for each group.

12

Click OK to save.

Result: The new user appears in the Users view of the main screen, on the Users tab.

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