create_new_user.md

How to create an user account

Only an admin user is allowed to create new user accounts.

If you are a regular user, please contact your manager to request an account.

⚠️ The following steps can only be performed by a user logged in as an admin.

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Access the Admin Panel

In your web browser, add /admin to the main URL of your Relecov application to access the administration environment.

For example:

http://relecov.org/admin

Under the "Site administration" area on Users row click on "+ Add" link.

In the left panel we will click on Users:

In the main panel, you will see a table displaying all users registered in the application. At this point, it should only show the administrator account created in a previous step.

To add a new user we will click on the Add user button.

Fill username and password fields correctly and click on SAVE button.

After clicking SAVE, a new form will appear where you can enter more detailed information about the user and manage their permissions.

Personal information:

• First name
• Last name
• Email address

Permissions:

• Active: Designates whether this user should be treated as active.
• Staff status: Designates whether the user can log into the admin site.
• Superuser status: Grants the user all permissions without explicitly assigning them.
• Groups: Add the user to one or more groups.
• User permissions: Assign specific permissions to the user.