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Create a user
Assumptions
The following assumptions are used in this document.
- An account with the
AdministratorApplication Permission is currently logged in. - We will be adding the user
burn - We will make this user an
Administrator
Add a new user
To add a new user, move your cursor to the Tools item of the Main Menu and select to bring up the Tools sub-menu.
then move down and select the Users and Groups sub-item to be presented with the Users and Groups configuration window as seen below.
To add the user, move the cursor to the New icon
in the top left and
select it. On selection you will be prompted for a user name. In our case we will enter the user burn.
and on pressing will be presented with the User configuration window.
Set the User Application Permissions
See Permissions for an explanation of the various Application Permissions a user can have.
Assign an Administrator Permission
As we want the user to be an administrator, select the Administrator Permission check-box
Set User’s Password
We need to set burn's password (which he will need to reset on first login). So, select the
button to gain the Reset Password window
After setting a password and pressing the button we get the informational Alert window as per
and on close of the Alert we are presented again with the User configuration window.
We should close this window by pressing the
button to be presented with the Users and Groups window with the new user burn added.
At this, one can close the Users and Groups configuration window by pressing the
button at the bottom right of the window.