Users Management

General

Users management is done only by the admin of the ))TikiWiki((. users are either be added by the admin or register themselves from the homepage. When someone registers themselves they receive an e-mail with a confirmation link. This concludes their registration. They automatically become a member of the Registered group and are entitled to all the rights that you give this group. See for more information the groups management page (insert link).

Adding a new user

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

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To manage users for your wiki, click on the plus sign (+) on the right of Admin. 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 managent module starts. It shows the form for adding a user and a list of current users with their relevant information

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Enter the name of the 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.

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 want and to ensure that you can login with that password.

Fill in the e-mail address and finish the registration with a click on the Add button.

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

Adding new users in bulk

Finding a user

In the user management module there is 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 it suffices to 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.
: question: what happens to all the entries of that user? Will they be deleted too, or just his homepage?

Modifying existing user information

Configuration

Groups management

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