Users Management

The system manager may create additional users, change their passwords, group assignments and levels of expertise.

To review users and their definitions:

1.	Open RAM Commander, close all windows and list of projects to leave only the main application frame:

2.	Select "User Administrator" from the Administration menu.

3.	RAM Commander displays the User Administrator list:

UserAdmin

The list displays users with level, name and group of each user.

An icon appears to the left of each user name showing the user’s expertise level:

To create a new user

1. Open User Administrator window

2. From the User menu, choose Create. The Edit user parameters dialog box opens.

Users_AddEditUser

3. Enter the user name, password, group and level.

Name and Password should be alphanumeric characters.

Group is used later for permissions assignment (e.g. all group members may get permissions to use some project).

User level is currently not used.

4. Choose OK.

The new user will appear in the User Administrator list.

To edit an existing user

1.	Open User Administrator window.

2.	Double-click on a user’s row in the User Administrator window - the Edit user parameters dialog box opens.

3.	In the Edit user parameters dialog box, change the required information (except the name).

Press OK.

RAM Commander updates the user list. If a user’s level is changed, RAM Commander displays the corresponding icon in the User Administrator window.

To delete user

1.	Open User Administrator window.

2.	Right-click the user’s row in the User Administrator window, popup menu will appear.

3.	Choose the Delete option, confirm the deletion.

After deletion, RAM Commander displays the updated User Administrator window.

To create a new System Manager

1.	Start the User Manager utility from the Start->Programs->ALD Engineering->Tools menu group.

2.	Press the "New manager" button.

3.	Enter current System Manager password.

4.	User data screen will appear.

5.	Provide the new manager name, password and group and press Ok.

6.	Close the User Manager utility.

The same procedure may be used to change the existing user manager password.

See also User authentication using AD/LDAP topic later in this chapter.

Each user may change his own password.

To change your own password:

1.	Close all open windows in RAM Commander.

2.	From Menu, choose Administration->User Administrator->Change User Password:

3.	Password changing dialog appears:

4.	Type the new password twice.

Press OK.

Your password will be changed.