Setting Up and Managing Users

In this topic, you can learn about:

Adding a User
Changing and Resetting a User's Password
Logging In as a Different User
Adding a Group
Assigning a User to a Group
Tips for Managing Users

Adding a User

To add a new user:

On the Explorer, double-click Users.
Right-click the Users table and select Add User. A new row is inserted.
In the new row, type a name for the user.
Type the user’s email address.
Click in the Notification Type column and select the appropriate notification type.

Rock Imager will notify the user of certain imager events based on this value. The following values can be set for notification types:

None: No notifications are sent (default)

Immediate: Notifications are sent as soon as possible

Digest: Notifications are aggregated and sent in a single e-mail at the end of the day.

Note: You can delete a user by right-clicking and selecting Delete User. This can be done only for users who do not own any projects or experiments.

User Passwords

Rock Maker allows you to assign a password to each user of Rock Maker Web. By default, a new user does not have an assigned password.

To change a user's password:

In the Name column, right-click the user and select Change Password. The Change Password dialog box displays.
To prevent others from seeing the passwords as you type them, make sure Mask Password is selected. The characters that you enter will appear as asterisks.
Next to Old Password, type the user's current password.

Note: If the user does not already have a password, the Old Password box will be unavailable, and you will only need to enter a new password.

Next to New Password, type the user's new password.
Click OK.
Save your changes by selecting Save from the Application Menu button.

To reset a user's password:

In the Name column, right-click the user and select Reset Password. A confirmation message displays.
Click Yes. The user's password is now blank.

To log out and then log in as a different user:

From the Application Menu button, select Switch User.
Enter the new user name and password and click OK. You are now logged in as the new user.

Adding a Group

If Rock Maker's access-control feature is turned on, you will see two default groups: Administrators and AllRockMakerUsers. You can add additional groups if necessary.

To add a new group:

Right-click the Groups table and select New Group. A new row is inserted.
In the new row, enter a name for the group.

Note: You can delete a group that you have created by right-clicking and selecting Delete Group. You cannot delete either of the two default groups.

Assigning a User to a Group

When you assign a user to a group, the user's access privileges will be restricted to the rights assigned to that group.

To assign a user to a group:

Click the user name and drag it from the Users table.
Drop the user name into the group's row in the Groups table. The user name will appear in the Group Members table.
Each user can be a member of multiple groups but one primary group should be assigned to every user.

Alternatively, you can first select the group from the Groups table, and then drag and drop the user name into the Group Members table.

Managing Access Rights

Access rights are managed in the Manage Access Rights dialog box, which you can open by right-clicking a node on the tree and selecting Manage Access Rights.

The Manage Access Rights dialog box is divided into two main areas:

Manage Rights. In this area, you see the list of groups and users who have access to the tree node. When you select a user or group, its access rights are displayed in the table below.
Groups / Users with No Direct Rights. This area list all users and groups who do not have direct access rights to the node.

Manage Access Rights Dialog Box