Account administrators manage user accounts in SystemWeaver using the swAdmin2 application. This article describes how to create a new user account.

Prerequisites

• Assignment of the Administrator role in the server
• An installation of the SystemWeaver Admin client (swAdmin2)

Creating a New User Account

1. Click the Add User icon. In the Create new user form, enter the following information: 
   • Username: Enter a unique username. Usernames are case-sensitive, and can only contain letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), periods (.), underscores (_), or dashes (-). It is possible to change the case (lower/upper) of the letters after saving as long as the name is still unique in the database. Required. 
   • Network id: (optional) Enter the user's network id that exists in your corporate Active Directory (AD). The user can then login without entering a password if they are already logged in to the corporate Active Directory. A network id must be unique, and cannot be used for multiple accounts. 
   • Name: Enter the user's first and last name. Required.
   • EMail: (optional) Enter the user's email address. 
   • Password: (optional, if using Network id) Enter the user's desired password in the two fields provided (Note that you must follow any password policy that is set.) You can also use the Generate option. Passwords are not stored in clear text. They are stored in hashed form for added security. If users are required to use Network id (as described above) and are are not allowed to use a SystemWeaver password login, you can leave this blank. 
   • Require password change at first login: Check to require a password change. The purpose of this setting is to minimize possible risks caused by passwords that have been sent via email to users. It also prevents users from saving their notification emails with generated passwords since these will be become obsolete. This option can also be used on-the-fly to force a user to change a password upon next login.
   • Status: Select the type of account. The options are Read/Write or Read-only and will depend on license availability. Users with Read-only will be assigned the Viewer role. 
   • License: (Requires version R38 or later.) Select the license to assign the user too. A selection only needs to be made if a default license is not being used. If a default license is in use, the license pre-selected for you should be used. A user can be assigned to only one license per server installation.
2. Click Create to create the account.

By default, a new user account is given Read/Write access if there are Read/Write licenses available.  If there are no available Read/Write licenses, a new user account can be created, but it will not be activated.

License Assignment 

With version R38 and later, users must be assigned to a license to be able to log in. If a default license is in use, license assignment is handled automatically. For installations with multiple licenses and/or where no default license will be designated, Administrators have the option to manually handle user license assignment. See Managing User License Assignments for more information.

Roles, Access Rights and Groups

Once the account is created and depending on your organization's work processes, you may need to assign a role to the new user, and/or add the user to specific libraries and groups.

Roles

By default new user accounts are not assigned any role. If needed, the new user can be assigned a role to limit their access to read-only, or extend their access rights. In general, most users will not be assigned a role.

Access Rights via Libraries

Once a user account is created, you need to set access rights to the library or libraries where their work structures are located.

Groups

If the user should be part of any groups, add the user account to the groups as described in Managing Groups.