Managing Users and Groups

To manage users and groups, choose View>Users & Groups. This brings up the Users and Groups tab. Users are displayed in the left pane, and groups are displayed in the right pane. Information for the currently selected user and group is displayed below each pane.

To display the groups to which a user belongs, click the user in the Users pane.

To display the users are members of a group, click the group in the Groups pane.

To display user or group information, click the user or group. The user or group's details are displayed in the Details pane below the User or Group pane.

To edit a user or group, click the user or group, then click the Edit button; or context-click the user or group you want to edit and choose the Edit user or Edit group option.

To change a user's password, context-click the user, and choose Change password... Passwords must be at least eight characters in length and include a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters or a mix of letters and non-alphabetic characters.

To see which areas of the depot tree a user may access, context-click the user, and choose Show Permissions. This will take you to the Permissions tab, with the selected user highlighted.

To add a user to a group, drag the user from the Users pane to the Groups pane and drop it on the desired group.

To remove a user from a group, edit the group, select the user in the Users field, and click Remove.

To add or remove a group from a user,

  • edit the user,
  • enter the name of the group in the Groups field,
  • click either the Add or Remove buttons.
  • When you remove a user, if the user has any open changelists or client workspaces, you will be able to decide whether or not to remove the user's changelists or client workspaces at this time.

    To create a new user, context-click any user, and choose New User..., or choose Admin>New...>User... from the menu.

    To create a new group, context-click any group, and choose New Group... or select the Admin>New...>Group... from the menu.