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<orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Click the
- <quote>Open a new Bugzilla account</quote>
+ <para>
+ On the home page <filename>index.cgi</filename>, click the
+ <quote>Open a new Bugzilla account</quote> link, or the
+ <quote>New Account</quote> link available in the footer of pages.
+ Now enter your email address, then click the <quote>Send</quote>
+ button.
+ </para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ If none of these links is available, this means that the
+ administrator of the installation has disabled self-registration.
+ This means that only an administrator can create accounts
+ for other users. One reason could be that this installation is
+ private.
+ </para>
+ </note>
- link, enter your email address and, optionally, your name in the
- spaces provided, then click
- <quote>Create Account</quote>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ Also, if only some users are allowed to create an account on
+ the installation, you may see these links but your registration
+ may fail if your email address doesn't match the ones accepted
+ by the installation. This is another way to restrict who can
+ access and edit bugs in this installation.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
- .</para>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Within moments, and if your registration is accepted, you should
+ receive an email to the address you provided, which contains your
+ login name (generally the same as the email address), and two URLs
+ with a token (a random string generated by the installation) to
+ confirm, respectively cancel, your registration. This is a way to
+ prevent users from abusing the generation of user accounts, for
+ instance by entering inexistent email addresses, or email addresses
+ which do not belong to them.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Within moments, you should receive an email to the address
- you provided, which contains your login name (generally the
- same as the email address), and a password.
- This password is randomly generated, but can be
- changed to something more memorable.</para>
+ <para>
+ By default, you have 3 days to confirm your registration. Past this
+ timeframe, the token is invalidated and the registration is
+ automatically cancelled. You can also cancel this registration sooner
+ by using the appropriate URL in the email you got.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Click the
- <quote>Log In</quote>
- link in the footer at the bottom of the page in your browser,
- enter your email address and password into the spaces provided, and
- click
- <quote>Login</quote>.
+ <para>
+ If you confirm your registration, Bugzilla will ask you your real name
+ (optional, but recommended) and your password, which must be between
+ 3 and 16 characters long.
</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Now all you need to do is to click the <quote>Log In</quote>
+ link in the footer at the bottom of the page in your browser,
+ enter your email address and password you just chose into the
+ login form, and click the <quote>Log in</quote> button.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
- <para>You are now logged in. Bugzilla uses cookies to remember you are
- logged in so, unless you have cookies disabled or your IP address changes,
- you should not have to log in again.</para>
+ <para>
+ You are now logged in. Bugzilla uses cookies to remember you are
+ logged in so, unless you have cookies disabled or your IP address changes,
+ you should not have to log in again during your session.
+ </para>
</section>
<section id="bug_page">