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Create a User

The User Properties dialog lets you define CA Harvest SCM users.

If your site uses internal authentication (CA Harvest SCM authentication), you can edit all the fields on the User Properties dialog.

If your site uses external authentication such as Microsoft Active Directory, in the personal information area in the User Properties dialog, you can edit only the Name and Note fields. You cannot edit any other fields (Password, Real Name, Phone #, Ext, Fax# and E-mail). In the Security area, you can enable the options including Disabled and Single Work Station Login while the other options Locked and Change Password on Next Login remain disabled.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the User Groups tab of the Administrator application.
2. Right-click the Users folder, and select New User from the shortcut menu.

   The User Properties dialog appears.

3. Define the properties of the user.

   Note: The notify process uses this email address when this user is designated to receive notifications.

4. (Optional) Specify authentication/security properties for this user. Only a CA Harvest SCM Administrator or a user with Administrative User access can set these options:

   Disabled

   Disables the user account.

   Single Workstation Login

   Restricts the user from having multiple active sessions with the same broker from multiple workstations. However, all users (including single-workstation-login restricted users) can have multiple active sessions with the same broker from the same workstation and can also have multiple active sessions with different brokers from any combination of workstations.

   External Authentication

   Specifies whether the user account uses internal or external authentication.

   Locked

   Unlocks an internally authenticated account which has been locked because it has reached the maximum consecutive failed login attempts or the password has expired and the user is not permitted to change the password.

   Change Password on Next Login

   Forces the user to change the password upon the next login. This option is disabled for external authentication. For mixed mode authentication, it is enabled for internal users and disabled for external users.

5. Click the User Groups tab.

   If a user already belongs to one or more user groups, those groups are displayed in the User Groups list. New users are automatically added to the Public group.

   Note: The Administrator group is visible in this list only if the current user has Administrator rights. This security measure helps ensure that only an Administrator can grant Administrator rights to another user.

6. Click OK.

   The user is created and appears in the Users folder.