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| author | barnboy%trilobyte.net <> | 2001-08-11 07:15:12 +0200 |
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| committer | barnboy%trilobyte.net <> | 2001-08-11 07:15:12 +0200 |
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diff --git a/docs/html/useradmin.html b/docs/html/useradmin.html deleted file mode 100644 index 644259a3d..000000000 --- a/docs/html/useradmin.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,589 +0,0 @@ -<HTML -><HEAD -><TITLE ->User Administration</TITLE -><META -NAME="GENERATOR" -CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.64 -"><LINK -REL="HOME" -TITLE="The Bugzilla Guide" -HREF="index.html"><LINK -REL="UP" -TITLE="Administering Bugzilla" -HREF="administration.html"><LINK -REL="PREVIOUS" -TITLE="Post-Installation Checklist" -HREF="postinstall-check.html"><LINK -REL="NEXT" -TITLE="Product, Component, Milestone, and Version Administration" -HREF="programadmin.html"></HEAD -><BODY -CLASS="SECTION" -BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" -TEXT="#000000" -LINK="#0000FF" -VLINK="#840084" -ALINK="#0000FF" -><DIV -CLASS="NAVHEADER" -><TABLE -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -CELLPADDING="0" -CELLSPACING="0" -><TR -><TH -COLSPAN="3" -ALIGN="center" ->The Bugzilla Guide</TH -></TR -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="10%" -ALIGN="left" -VALIGN="bottom" -><A -HREF="postinstall-check.html" ->Prev</A -></TD -><TD -WIDTH="80%" -ALIGN="center" -VALIGN="bottom" ->Chapter 3. Administering Bugzilla</TD -><TD -WIDTH="10%" -ALIGN="right" -VALIGN="bottom" -><A -HREF="programadmin.html" ->Next</A -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -><HR -ALIGN="LEFT" -WIDTH="100%"></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" -><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" -><A -NAME="USERADMIN" ->3.2. User Administration</A -></H1 -><P -> User administration is one of the easiest parts of Bugzilla. - Keeping it from getting out of hand, however, can become a challenge. - </P -><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" -><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" -><A -NAME="DEFAULTUSER" ->3.2.1. Creating the Default User</A -></H2 -><P -> When you first run checksetup.pl after installing Bugzilla, it will prompt you - for the administrative username (email address) and password for this "super user". - If for some reason you were to delete the "super user" account, re-running - checksetup.pl will again prompt you for this username and password. - </P -><DIV -CLASS="TIP" -><BLOCKQUOTE -CLASS="TIP" -><P -><B ->Tip: </B -> If you wish to add more administrative users, you must use the MySQL interface. - Run "mysql" from the command line, and use these commands ("mysql>" denotes the - mysql prompt, not something you should type in): - <B -CLASS="COMMAND" -><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" ->mysql></TT -> use bugs;</B -> - <B -CLASS="COMMAND" -><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" ->mysql></TT -> update profiles set groupset=0x7ffffffffffffff - where login_name = "(user's login name)"; </B -> - </P -></BLOCKQUOTE -></DIV -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" -><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" -><A -NAME="MANAGEUSERS" ->3.2.2. Managing Other Users</A -></H2 -><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" -><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" -><A -NAME="LOGIN" ->3.2.2.1. Logging In</A -></H3 -><P -></P -><OL -TYPE="1" -><LI -><P -> Open the index.html page for your Bugzilla installation in your browser window. - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> Click the "Query Existing Bug Reports" link. - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> Click the "Log In" link at the foot of the page. - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> Type your email address, and the password which was emailed to you when you - created your Bugzilla account, into the spaces provided. - </P -></LI -></OL -><P ->Congratulations, you are logged in!</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" -><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" -><A -NAME="CREATENEWUSERS" ->3.2.2.2. Creating new users</A -></H3 -><P -> Your users can create their own user accounts by clicking the "New Account" - link at the bottom of each page. - However, should you desire to create user accounts ahead of time, here is how you do it. - </P -><P -></P -><OL -TYPE="1" -><LI -><P -> After logging in, click the "Users" link at the footer of the query page. - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> To see a specific user, type a portion of their login name - in the box provided and click "submit". - To see all users, simply click the "submit" button. - You must click "submit" here to be able to add a new user. - </P -><DIV -CLASS="TIP" -><BLOCKQUOTE -CLASS="TIP" -><P -><B ->Tip: </B -> More functionality is available via the list on the right-hand side - of the text entry box. - You can match what you type as a case-insensitive substring (the default) - of all users on your system, a case-sensitive regular expression - (please see the "man regexp" manual page for details on regular expression syntax), - or a <EM ->reverse</EM -> regular expression match, - where every user name which does NOT match the regular expression - is selected. - </P -></BLOCKQUOTE -></DIV -></LI -><LI -><P -> Click the "Add New User" link at the bottom of the user list - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> Fill out the form presented. This page is self-explanatory. When done, click "submit". - </P -><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" -><BLOCKQUOTE -CLASS="NOTE" -><P -><B ->Note: </B -> Adding a user this way will <EM ->not</EM -> send an email - informing them of their username and password. - In general, it is preferable to log out and use the "New Account" - button to create users, as it will pre-populate all the required fields and also notify - the user of her account name and password. - </P -></BLOCKQUOTE -></DIV -></LI -></OL -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" -><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" -><A -NAME="DISABLEUSERS" ->3.2.2.3. Disabling Users</A -></H3 -><P -> I bet you noticed that big "Disabled Text" entry box available from the "Add New User" screen, - when you edit an account? - By entering any text in this box and selecting "submit", - you have prevented the user from using Bugzilla via the web interface. - Your explanation, written in this text box, will be presented to the user - the next time she attempts to use the system. - <DIV -CLASS="WARNING" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" -BORDER="1" -WIDTH="100%" -><TR -><TD -ALIGN="CENTER" -><B ->Warning</B -></TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -><P -> Don't disable your own administrative account, or you will hate life! - </P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -> - </P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" -><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" -><A -NAME="MODIFYUSERS" ->3.2.2.4. Modifying Users</A -></H3 -><P -> Here I will attempt to describe the function of each option on the user edit screen. - </P -><P -></P -><UL -><LI -><P -> <EM ->Login Name</EM ->: This is generally the user's email address. - However, if you have edited your system parameters, - this may just be the user's login name or some other identifier. - <DIV -CLASS="TIP" -><BLOCKQUOTE -CLASS="TIP" -><P -><B ->Tip: </B -> For compatability reasons, you should probably - stick with email addresses as user login names. It will make your life easier. - </P -></BLOCKQUOTE -></DIV -> - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->Real Name</EM ->: Duh! - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->Password</EM ->: You will only see asterisks in versions - of Bugzilla newer than 2.10 or early 2.11. You can change the user password here. - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->Email Notification</EM ->: You may choose from one of three options: - <P -></P -><OL -TYPE="1" -><LI -><P -> All qualifying bugs except those which I change: - The user will be notified of any change to any bug - for which she is the reporter, assignee, Q/A contact, CC recipient, or "watcher". - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> Only those bugs which I am listed on the CC line: - The user will not be notified of changes to bugs where she is the assignee, - reporter, or Q/A contact, but will receive them if she is on the CC list. - <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" -><BLOCKQUOTE -CLASS="NOTE" -><P -><B ->Note: </B -> She will still receive whining cron emails if you set up the "whinemail" feature. - </P -></BLOCKQUOTE -></DIV -> - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->All Qualifying Bugs</EM ->: This user is a glutton for punishment. - If her name is in the reporter, Q/A contact, CC, assignee, or is a "watcher", - she will get email updates regarding the bug. - </P -></LI -></OL -></P -><P -> <EM ->Disable Text</EM ->: If you type anything in this box, - including just a space, the user account is disabled from making any changes - to bugs via the web interface, and what you type in this box is presented as the reason. - <DIV -CLASS="WARNING" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" -BORDER="1" -WIDTH="90%" -><TR -><TD -ALIGN="CENTER" -><B ->Warning</B -></TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -><P ->Don't disable the administrator account!</P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -> - <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" -><BLOCKQUOTE -CLASS="NOTE" -><P -><B ->Note: </B -> As of this writing, the user can still submit bugs via the e-mail gateway, - if you set it up, despite the disabled text field. The e-mail gateway should - <EM ->not</EM -> be enabled for secure installations of Bugzilla. - </P -></BLOCKQUOTE -></DIV -> - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->CanConfirm</EM ->: This field is only used if you have enabled - "unconfirmed" status in your parameters screen. If you enable this for a user, - that user can then move bugs from "Unconfirmed" to "Confirmed" status (ergo: "New" status). - Be judicious about allowing users to turn this bit on for other users. - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->Creategroups</EM ->: This option will allow a user to create and - destroy groups in Bugzilla. Unless you are using the Bugzilla GroupSentry security - option "usebuggroupsentry" in your parameters, this setting has no effect. - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->Editbugs</EM ->: Unless a user has this bit set, they can only edit - those bugs for which they are the assignee or the reporter. - <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" -><BLOCKQUOTE -CLASS="NOTE" -><P -><B ->Note: </B -> Leaving this option unchecked does not prevent users from adding - comments to a bug! They simply cannot change a bug priority, severity, - etc. unless they are the assignee or reporter. - </P -></BLOCKQUOTE -></DIV -> - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->Editcomponents</EM ->: This flag allows a user to create new - products and components, as well as modify and destroy those that have no bugs - associated with them. If a product or component has bugs associated with it, - those bugs must be moved to a different product or component before Bugzilla - will allow them to be destroyed. The name of a product or component can be - changed without affecting the associated bugs, but it tends to annoy - the hell out of your users when these change a lot. - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->Editkeywords</EM ->: If you use Bugzilla's keyword functionality, - enabling this feature allows a user can create and destroy keywords. - As always, the keywords for existing bugs containing the keyword - the user wishes to destroy must be changed before Bugzilla will allow it to die. - You must be very careful about creating too many new keywords - if you run a very large Bugzilla installation; keywords are global variables - across products, and you can often run into a phenomenon called "keyword bloat". - This confuses users, and then the feature goes unused. - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->Editusers</EM ->: This flag allows a user do what you're doing - right now: edit other users. - This will allow those with the right to do so to remove administrator - priveleges from other users or grant them to themselves. Enable with care. - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> <EM ->PRODUCT</EM ->: PRODUCT bugs access. This allows an administrator, - with product-level granularity, to specify in which products a user can edit bugs. - The user must still have the "editbugs" privelege to edit bugs in this area; - this simply restricts them from even seeing bugs outside these boundaries if the administrator - has enabled the group sentry parameter "usebuggroupsentry". Unless you are using bug groups, - this option has no effect. - </P -></LI -></UL -></DIV -></DIV -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="NAVFOOTER" -><HR -ALIGN="LEFT" -WIDTH="100%"><TABLE -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -CELLPADDING="0" -CELLSPACING="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="left" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="postinstall-check.html" ->Prev</A -></TD -><TD -WIDTH="34%" -ALIGN="center" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="index.html" ->Home</A -></TD -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="right" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="programadmin.html" ->Next</A -></TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="left" -VALIGN="top" ->Post-Installation Checklist</TD -><TD -WIDTH="34%" -ALIGN="center" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="administration.html" ->Up</A -></TD -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="right" -VALIGN="top" ->Product, Component, Milestone, and Version Administration</TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -></BODY -></HTML ->
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