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CoffeeLink News Server ships with two standard users predefined: admin and default. The admin user is used when logging in to the server from the Configure program. The default user is used whenever a news client connects to the server to read news. CLNews can be used productively without ever creating a new user. But more advanced sites will create new users to restrict access of individuals to specific news groups. Expand the Users branch in the tree pane to see a list of all users currently defined in the CLNews server. The <New User> item at the end of the list allows you to create new users.

Clicking on a user name in the tree pane displays that user's properties in the properties pane. Each user has four properties:

User Name
The name used to identify the user to the CLNews server. User names can contain only letters, digits, underscores (``_'') and dashes (``-'').

Password
The password used by a user to prove his or her identity to the CLNews server. This can be left blank if no password is desired.

Email Address
The user's email address. This can be left blank if desired.

Roles
One or more roles assigned to the user. The roles specify what actions the user is allowed to perform. To select a single role, click on its name in the list of roles in the properties pane. To select multiple roles, click on each of their names while the Control key is pressed on your keyboard. See Standard Roles for a list of the standard roles and their capabilities.

When you click on the <New User> item, the properties pane shows the user properties with all values initially blank. To create a new user, simply click <New User>, enter a name for the user, select one or more roles, and click the Apply button to save the user. Once you have applied the changes, the user's name will appear in the Users branch and you can update the user's properties or delete the user normally. The Apply button allows you to save any changes you have made in the properties pane. The Revert button allows you to cancel any changes you have made in the properties pane. Once you have modified any field in the properties pane, you must either Apply or Revert those changes before you can click on anything in the tree pane. The Delete button deletes the user from the server. The user can be recreated later if necessary. Only the user's properties are removed from the server. Messages posted to news groups by that user remain on the server. The admin and default users cannot be deleted.


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