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><A
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>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
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><P
></P
><TABLE
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><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.
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><P
></P
><TABLE
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></TD
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><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.
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