You can create users and assign properties to them via 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,
so you must create some users in order to test security features.
Select to display a list of current users, with a user form below
it. The system displays the Name, Login, Email, Limit, Activity (elapsed time
since last user activity), and Time Zone of each user.
- To edit a user, click the user's name and edit the properties in
the user form, then click Save.
- To create a new user, start entering properties in the user form when
no user is selected. If a user is selected, click the Add User button
to clear the form. Click Save when you are done editing
user information.
- To log out a user, click the user's name and then click Logout
User.
- To free up a fixed license seat, first log in as root. Click the user's
name, then click Purge Seat. The console removes the
user from the list of IDs counted toward the set of fixed licenses. The user
is also logged off if he or she is logged in. For fixed licenses, the console
counts the number of users who have ever logged in. Once the limit is reached,
no new users can obtain licenses. Existing users must be deleted or purged
in order to make room for another user. Purging a seat does not delete the
user from the console. If the user logs back in, the fixed license count is
increased. If used on a floating-license user, Purge Seat has
the same effect as Logout User.
- To delete a user account, click the user's name and then click Delete.
If
the Delete button is disabled, a scheduled job is owned by the user account
and the user account cannot be deleted. If you want to delete a user account
that has scheduled jobs, you must first delete the scheduled jobs.
The user record sets default properties for the user's experience
of the system and controls the user's login name, password, and password
expiration. The data for a user record can be entered into the system through
the Management Console, or derived from an LDAP/Active Directory database.
Note: When you edit a user whose record is derived from an LDAP database,
many of the fields on the User page are disabled. You must change these properties
in the source database.
To add a new user, click the Add User button, edit the form, then click
the Update button.
When you display a user record, three tabs are available:
- Details: Use this tab to edit most of the user
properties. The available properties are described below.
- Current Groups: Displays the access groups the
user is a member of, either directly or through a direct group being a member
of another group.
- Change Groups: Displays the groups the user is
a direct member of, and allows you to add the user to groups or remove the
user from them.
Figure 1. User Details Form
For each user, you can set these properties on the Details tab:
- Name
- The display name and label for the user.
- Email
- The e-mail address where the system can send e-mail notifications for
this user.
- User Name
- The name used to log on to the Management Console.
- Password
- The password used to log on to the Management Console. The field is not
displayed for the user currently logged on. Use this field to enter a new
password or change the existing one. Enter the same password in the Verified field.
- Limit
- Sets the maximum number of jobs the user can launch in a day. When the
limit is reached, the system displays messages indicating that the user's
run quota has been exceeded. If the value is 0, the system allows the user
to run any number of builds.
- Time Zone
- The user's 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 the time zone assigned to them.
- Verified
- Repeat the password here to verify it.
- Priority Login
- If this option is checked, the user becomes 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 to make room
for the priority user. The root user is always a priority user.
- Date Format
- Selects the user's preferred display format.
- Language
- Selects the user's language.
- Password Expires
- If this option is checked, then the user's password expires after
a number of days have elapsed, as specified in the Password Expiration
Days system setting.
- Uses screen reader
- If set to Yes, the interface is enabled to support screen reader features
for vision impaired users such as 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.