Create a user

Tags:

• user

Assumptions

The following assumptions are used in this document.

• An account with the Administrator Application 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 Ok 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 Reset Password button to gain the Reset Password window

After setting a password and pressing the Ok 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 Close 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 Close button at the bottom right of the window.