From d0a36008cca437e23faf67fda54c7db307bf6ab4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "lpsolit%gmail.com" <> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:54:45 +0000 Subject: Docs patch for bug 119485: update documentation about user account administration - Patch by me, r=justdave --- docs/xml/administration.xml | 155 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 102 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/xml') diff --git a/docs/xml/administration.xml b/docs/xml/administration.xml index e9d48804e..f27ca462c 100644 --- a/docs/xml/administration.xml +++ b/docs/xml/administration.xml @@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ If you wish to add more administrative users, add them to - the "admin" group and, optionally, add edit the tweakparams, editusers, + the "admin" group and, optionally, edit the tweakparams, editusers, creategroups, editcomponents, and editkeywords groups to add the - entire admin group to those groups. + entire admin group to those groups (which is the case by default). @@ -349,62 +349,88 @@
Managing Other Users + +
Creating new users - Your users can create their own user accounts by clicking the - "New Account" link at the bottom of each page (assuming they - aren't logged in as someone else already.) However, should you - desire to create user accounts ahead of time, here is how you do - it. +
+ Self-registration - - - After logging in, click the "Users" link at the footer of - the query page, and then click "Add a new user". - + + By default, users can create their own user accounts by clicking the + New Account link at the bottom of each page (assuming + they aren't logged in as someone else already). If you want to disable + this self-registration, or if you want to restrict who can create his + own user account, you have to edit the createemailregexp + parameter in the Configuration page, see + . + +
- - Fill out the form presented. This page is self-explanatory. - When done, click "Submit". +
+ Accounts created by an administrator - - Adding a user this way will - not - - send an email informing them of their username and password. - While useful for creating dummy accounts (watchers which - shuttle mail to another system, for instance, or email - addresses which are a mailing list), in general it is - preferable to log out and use the - New Account - - button to create users, as it will pre-populate all the - required fields and also notify the user of her account name - and password. - - - + + Users with editusers privileges, such as administrators, + can create user accounts for other users: + + + + + After logging in, click the "Users" link at the footer of + the query page, and then click "Add a new user". + + + + Fill out the form presented. This page is self-explanatory. + When done, click "Submit". + + + Adding a user this way will not + send an email informing them of their username and password. + While useful for creating dummy accounts (watchers which + shuttle mail to another system, for instance, or email + addresses which are a mailing list), in general it is + preferable to log out and use the New Account + button to create users, as it will pre-populate all the + required fields and also notify the user of her account name + and password. + + + +
Modifying Users - To see a specific user, search for their login name - in the box provided on the "Edit Users" page. To see all users, - leave the box blank. - - You can search in different ways the listbox to the right - of the text entry box. You can match by - case-insensitive substring (the default), - regular expression, or a - reverse - regular expression match, which finds every user name which does NOT - match the regular expression. (Please see - the man regexp - manual page for details on regular expression syntax.) - - Once you have found your user, you can change the following fields: @@ -413,9 +439,9 @@ Login Name: This is generally the user's full email address. However, if you - have are using the emailsuffix Param, this may just be the user's - login name. Note that users can now change their login names - themselves (to any valid email address.) + have are using the emailsuffix parameter, this may + just be the user's login name. Note that users can now change their + login names themselves (to any valid email address). @@ -434,6 +460,15 @@ + + + Bugmail Disabled: + Mark this checkbox to disable bugmail and whinemail completely + for this account. This checkbox replaces the data/nomail file + which existed in older versions of Bugzilla. + + + Disable Text: @@ -449,8 +484,8 @@ mail from Bugzilla; furthermore, they will not be able to log in themselves to change their own preferences and stop it. If you want an account (disabled or active) to - stop receiving mail, add the account name (one account - per line) to the file data/nomail. + stop receiving mail, simply check the + Bugmail Disabled checkbox above. @@ -548,7 +583,21 @@
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+ + If the allowuserdeletion parameter is turned on, see + , then you can also delete user accounts. + Note that this is most of the time not the best thing to do. If only + a warning in a yellow box is displayed, then the deletion is safe. + If a warning is also displayed in a red box, then you should NOT try + to delete the user account, else you will get referential integrity + problems in your database, which can lead to unexpected behavior, + such as bugs not appearing in bug lists anymore, or data displaying + incorrectly. You have been warned! + +
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