A new user does not have any permissions by default. We recommend that you create “typical” user accounts that fit the needs of your organization first and then duplicate these user accounts to set up the real users. However, when using this method, remember to keep such users up-to-date, e.g. when adding new catalogs. Create as many of these template users as you need.
TIP: Specific Initial User Settings
Administrators have no access to a user’s preference settings, so users must perform user setting changes on their own. If you want to provide specific initial User Settings for each newly created user, log in as the user that is used as a template for new users and configure the user settings as needed. New users created by duplicating this template user will then have the same initial user settings.
To add a new user to the Users list:
1. Click the Create button. OR Select your “typical” user and click the Duplicate button.
IMPORTANT! Check whether this user’s properties are up-to-date – especially the catalogs that she/he is allowed to access.
The Input window appears.
2. Enter the Login name for the new user and click OK. The name must be unique.
The properties window for the new user appears.
The Unique User ID option is activated by default. Deactivate this option only if an external UUID (e.g. provided by LDAP) is to be used exclusively instead of the UUID provided by the Cumulus built-in authenticator. (For more information on the Unique User ID, see “User Identification” .)
3. Activate Login Active if you want to allow the user to work with Cumulus as soon as you have closed the user’s properties window.
4. Select the authentication method. You can choose different methods for different users of your Cumulus installation. The provided choice of authentication methods is:
• Built-in – The Cumulus built-in authentication will be used exclusively. Advantage: Independent from the operating system you are using. With this authentication method only, different options for changing the password are available.
• System – The user password will be authenticated by the Operating System. Advantage: No need to administrate a separate Cumulus password.
• LDAP – If you are employing LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) the user password will be authenticated by LDAP. Advantage: No need to administrate a separate Cumulus password. (See “LDAP Authentication Method”, for details on how to use this method with Cumulus.)
5. Click the button to enter a password for the new user.
NOTE: Don’t forget to inform your new user about this login name and password.
If working in role-based mode: Assign the user to a role. On the Role tab click the Add button to get a list of available roles. Select the role(s) you want to assign to the user and click OK.
NOTE: Due to the additive permissions concept, the permissions a user has got are the sum of the permissions given to all roles the user is assigned to.
button to enter a password for the new user.