User properties

You can create users and assign properties to them by using Administration > Users. 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 to test security features.

When you display a user record, three tabs are available:
Details tab in the New User panel

For each user, you can set these properties on the Details tab:

Name
The display name and label for the user.
Email
The email address where the system can send email notifications for this user.
Note: Emails are sent only to users explicitly selected for notification. The following email address formats are supported. Username is the email user name. Name is an arbitrary string, usually a given name in some form.
username@host.com
name username@host.com
name "<username@host.com>"
name <username@host.com>
name "username@host.com"
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. Posted times use the server host clock.

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
Specify this option to make the user a priority user. A priority user can always log in to the system. If there are no more available user licenses, then the system logs out the user with the oldest session to make room for the priority user. The root user can always log in and does not consume a license.
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.
User Type
Users may belong to one of three types:
  • Normal: can access the console using a web client. They can make changes to the system based on their access group membership and permissions. Only one session is allowed per user.
  • Read-only: can access the console using a web client. They cannot make changes, except to their personal information, such as their password and preferences. Only one session is allowed per user.
  • API: cannot access the console using a web client. Users of this type access the system using a client developed with the Java API or Perl API. The same API user may have more than one login session. Session information is shared automatically.
Calendar Start Day of Week
Select the day of the week that the Schedule calendar displays first. The default is Sunday.
Truncation
Controls how many characters display in the lists and pulldown menus. For example, if set to 20, a project name will only display the first 20 characters of the name.
Searching
Determines how Filter fields throughout the product perform searches. Values are as follows:
  • Case Sensitive (the default) - the search considers the case of each letter.
  • Case Insensitive - the search does not consider case.
Step Log Initial View
Specifies how the step log is positioned for viewing when it is opened in job results. If set to First Page (the default), the view is positioned at the first page of the log. If set to Last Page, then the view is positioned at the last page of the log.

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