You can create users and assign properties using . You can also connect your system to an LDAP/Active Directory database to get user information. You manage user security permissions by assigning users to groups. It is advisable that you create a few users to test the security features.
Click to display a list of current users. A user panel displays after the list. The system displays the Name, Login, Email, Limit, Activity (elapsed time since last user activity), and Time Zone of each user.
The user record sets default properties establishing the manner in which the user interacts with the system. This also controls the users login name, password, and password expiration. You can provide the data for a user record to the system through the Management Console, or the data can be extracted from an LDAP/Active Directory database.
Note: When you edit a user whose record is extracted from an LDAP database, many of the fields on the User page are disabled. You can change these properties in the source database.
To add a new user: Click Add User, edit the panel, and click Update.
A users record displays the following three tabs:
- Details: Displays editable user properties. The available properties are described later in this topic.
- Current Groups: Displays the access groups that you are a member, through a group that is a member of another group.
- Change Groups: Displays the groups that you are a direct member, allowing you to add or remove groups.
For each user, you can set the following properties on the Details tab:
- Name
- Specify the display name and label for the user.
- Email
- Specify the email address where the system can send email notifications to this user.
Note: Emails are sent only to users explicitly selected for notification.
- User Name
- Specify the name that the user types to log on to the Management Console.
- Password
- Type the password that the user provides to log on to the Management Console. The field is not displayed for users who are logged on. Use this field to enter a new password or change one. Enter the same password in the Verified field.
- Limit
- Specify the maximum number of jobs the user can launch in a day. When the limit is reached, the system displays messages that indicate that the user run quota has been exceeded.
- Time Zone
- Specify the user time zone. The system uses the time zone of the root user as the default time zone for all times posted.
By default, in-system users and LDAP users are assigned the same time zone as the root user. Users can edit their assigned time zones.
Note: When upgrading to Build Forge 7.1 from a previous version, you will need to manually reset the time zone of the root user.
- Verified
- Re-enter the password to ensure that you entered it correctly the first time.
- Priority Login
- Specify whether the user is a priority user. A priority user can always log in to the system. If there are no more available user licenses the system logs out the user with the oldest session, allowing the priority user to log on. The root user is always a priority user.
- Date Format
- Sets the user preferred date format.
- Language
- Sets the user preferred language.
- Password Expires
- Specify that the user password will expire. If this option is selected, the user password will expire after a number of days have elapsed. The information is specified in the Password Expiration Days system setting.
- Uses screen reader
- Enable the interface to support screen reader features, for example, dynamic highlighting and focusing.
- Calendar Start Day of Week
- Select the day of the week that the Schedule calendar displays first. The default is Sunday.