User Management

User management module enables the user to add, update credentials / details or delete a user.

Add User

“Admin Account” section allows the user to add users. By default, an admin user already exists. Click the Add button to add details for a new user. Four attributes related to a user namely First Name, Last Name, User ID & Email are captured. Enter the required details. An auto-generated Password is mailed to the user on the given email ID. Click the Add button multiple times for creating more users.

Note: In order to make the aforesaid fields’ editable, click on the currently set value, it automatically converts into an editable field.

![] (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/impetus-opensource/ankush/images/Image13.png) Figure 13: Add user

Update User Details

“Admin Account” section allows the user to update user details like first name, last name and Email id which is used for communication. In order to make the aforesaid fields’ editable, click on the currently set value, it automatically converts into an editable field as shown below.

Note: User id cannot be changed.

![] (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/impetus-opensource/ankush/images/Image14.png) Figure 14: Update User Details

Enable/Disable User

Ankush allows the access control to the application by offering support for enabling or disabling user accounts. By default, the newly created account status is “Enabled”. To disable the account anytime, select Account Status as “Disabled” for corresponding user.

![] (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/impetus-opensource/ankush/images/Image15.png) Figure 15: Enable/Disable User

A disabled user will view the following message on the login screen after a login attempt. Your account is disabled. Contact Ankush administrator.

Delete User

“Admin Account” section allows the user to delete users. Click to delete the user. A notification mail is sent to the user with the subject “Your Ankush Account has been deleted”

![] (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/impetus-opensource/ankush/images/Image17.png) Figure 17: Delete user confirmation

Email Account

The “Email Account” section allows the user to configure email account settings. By default, the Email Server Port and other details are pre-populated in this section, update the details as required.

1. Email Server: IP or host name of email server
2. Email Server Port: Port on which SMTP service is accessible for sending mail
3. Email: A valid user account information that is used to send mail (in format like [email protected])
4. Username: The username as in user credentials
5. Account Password: Password for above mentioned Email account
6. Use SSL: If the mail server expects connection on SSL then user needs to check it
7. Email Verification: Verify your email by clicking "Send Test Mail". Enter you email and click Send. A test mail would be sent to you.

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Figure 18: Configure Email Account

The mail client is authenticated with server (#1) for sending mail using above mail id (#3) & password (#4). For mail functionality to work properly the mentioned server (#1) must have valid working account present on it for sending mail. Also ensure that mail server & port is properly accessible from the Ankush server.