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--- en:user_advanced:gs3_user_management [2021/09/21 02:27] – [Command line editing] kjdon
+++ en:user_advanced:gs3_user_management [2021/09/21 02:56] – [Viewing and Editing the database via a text file] kjdon
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 Admin can register a new user by visiting the admin page: http://host:port/greenstone3/library/admin/ListUsers, then clicking the 'Add A New User' button.
-===== Command line editing =====
+===== User Groups =====
-**ant config-admin** - reset the admin password
+Groups are used to determine what functionality a user is provided. Multiple groups are specified in a comma-separated list.
+**administrator** - can do user management\\
+**all-collections-editor** - can edit any collection (through web editing or through remote GLI)\\
+**personal-collections-editor** - the user can create their own collections and edit them\\
+**<collname>-collection-editor** - the user can edit the <collname> collection\\
+Bespoke groups can be added then used in security elements in individual collections, thereby restricting access to only a subset of users. See the [[en:user_advanced:security| Security in Greenstone Collections]] page.
+===== Command line editing of users =====
+**ant config-admin** - reset the admin password\\
 **ant config-user** - add or edit users. This requires you to provide all user fields: username, password, groups, status, comment, email. They can be left blank, but it will override any previous values in the db.
-Or you can directly use the java class.
+Or you can directly use the java class.\\
-Make sure you have 'source gs3-setup.sh' (linux/Mac) or 'gs3-setup.bat' (windows)
+Make sure you have set up the Greenstone environment by running **source gs3-setup.sh** (linux/Mac) or **gs3-setup.bat** (windows). Also, start the derby server if its not already running:  **ant start-derby**. if Greenstone is running, then the derby server will be running.
-**ant start-derby** (if greenstone or the derby server is not already running)
 <code>
 java org.greenstone.gsdl3.util.ModifyUsersDB
-Usage: java org.greenstone.gsdl3.ModifyUsersDB <full_path_of_the_usersDB> <username|ALL> [-noAdd] [password=pwd] [groups=grp] [addgroups=grp] [accounstatus=status] [comment=cmt] [email=address]
+Usage: java org.greenstone.gsdl3.ModifyUsersDB <full_path_of_the_usersDB> <username|ALL> [-noAdd]
+[password=pwd] [groups=grp] [addgroups=grp] [accounstatus=status] [comment=cmt] [email=address]
 </code>
 (Options valid for releases from September 2021)
 Eg: To add a new user
-java org.greenstone.gsdl3.ModifyUsersDB <path-to-greenstone3>/web/etc/usersDB kath password=changeme groups=student
+<code>java org.greenstone.gsdl3.ModifyUsersDB <path-to-greenstone3>/web/etc/usersDB kath password=changeme groups=student</code>
-The 'groups' option will set the group field to the specified value.
+The **groups** option will set the group field to the specified value.\\
-The 'addgroups' option will add the specified groups to whatever groups exist already (if editing an existing user)
+The **addgroups** option will add the specified groups to whatever groups exist already (if editing an existing user)
-Using username 'ALL' will perform the selected changes on all users.
+Using username **ALL** will perform the selected changes on all users.\\
 For example, to add the 'student' group to all users, run
-java org.greenstone.gsdl3.ModifyUsersDB <path-to-greenstone3>/web/etc/usersDB ALL  addgroups=student
+<code>java org.greenstone.gsdl3.ModifyUsersDB <path-to-greenstone3>/web/etc/usersDB ALL  addgroups=student</code>
-TODO:
+The **-noAdd** option will **not** create a new user if the specified username does not exist.
-  * Registering as a user
-  * User groups
+==== Viewing and Editing the database via a text file ====
-  * Editing users
+There are 2 java programs which help you view and edit the database: usersDB2txt and txt2usersDB
+As above, you must set up the greenstone environment, and make sure the derby server is running.
+They are run like:
+<code>
+java org.greenstone.gsdl3.util.usersDB2txt <path-to-gs3>/web/etc/usersDB >& usersDB.txt
+... edit the file if necessary, then regenerate the DB:
+java org.greenstone.gsdl3.util.txt2usersDB usersDB.txt <path-to-gs3>/web/etc/usersDB [-append]
+</code>
+The **-append** option means append the contents of the file into the DB. Without it, the current contents will be deleted.
 ==== Setting up the Recaptcha test for User Registration ====