Adding users to a database for Windows®

The first time you add users to a database, you must do so as the Rational® Synergy administrator. After you have established the administrative user (the user with ccm_admin role), then you can add users to the user list while logged in as yourself.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that you are working as the Rational Synergy administrator.
  2. Start Rational Synergy on the database where you need to add user names. ccm start /nogui /r ccm_admin /d database_path.
  3. Open the list of users.

    > ccm users

    You can add or remove users from this file, or change a role of the user. To add a user, read through the user list, and then give users the appropriate roles.

    Additionally, you can add comments and blank lines.

    The list of users looks like the following example:

          user john = build_mgr developer;
          user sue = ccm_admin developer;
          user mary = writer developer;
          user joe = developer;
          
          #testing group
          user bill = tester; 
          user tom = tester; 
          user linda = tester; 
          user ann = tester; 
          user bob = tester; 
       
          user user1 = developer;
          user user2 = developer;

    In this example, john, sue, mary, and joe are the log of users on names. sue has the roles of ccm_admin and developer, john has build_mgr and developer roles, mary has writer and developer roles, whereas joe has the developer role only. Below the first group of users, a second group, including only testers, is defined.

    Create only one line, with all the roles for users, for each user. Also, end each line with a semicolon.

    Additionally, user names in databases on UNIX® servers must not be longer than eight characters, must not contain spaces, and must start with an alphabetic character.

  4. Stop the Rational Synergy session.

    > ccm stop

  5. Log off as the Rational Synergy administrator.

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