The following properties can be set on the General tab:
| • | User name - the user's user name (login); it must be unique across all websites in the system |
| • | Full name - user's full name (first name, middle name and last name) |
| • | First name - user's first name |
| • | Middle name - user's middle name |
| • | Last name - user's last name |
| • | E-mail - user's e-mail address |
| • | Enabled - indicates if the user account is enabled and the user can sign in |
| • | Is editor - indicates if the user is authorized to sign in to CMS Desk; it's used to differentiate users who are only allowed to visit member areas of the website from content editors who can use the CMS Desk user interface; this provides an extra security layer |
| • | Is global administrator - indicates if the user is global administrator; global administrators have full permissions for all features and data across the system and are not affected by permission settings for particular modules |
| • | Is external user - this attribute is used when you are using integration with an external user database (e.g. LiveID, OpenID, Facebook Connect or some custom external database); when enabled, the user is not able to log in using forms authentication |
| • | Is domain user - indicates if the user was imported form Active Directory |
| • | Is hidden - if true, the user is not visible on the site (e.g. on-line users monitoring, repeaters displaying users, etc.) |
| • | Disable site manager - this option is available only when editing a global administrator, but not when a global administrator is editing his own account; by enabling it, the user is still a global administrator, but can not access Site Manager, i.e. can only perform actions in CMS Desk |
| • | Preferred content culture - preferred culture in which the content is displayed to the user |
| • | Preferred user interface culture - preferred culture in which the users wants to see the user interface (CMS Desk and Site Manager) |
| • | Created - date and time when the user account was created |
| • | Last logon - date and time when the user last logged in |
| • | Last logon information - information about the IP address and browser agent of the user's last logon |
| • | Starting alias path - the starting alias path of the content tree in CMS Desk -> Content; if you specify this value, the user is not allowed to browse other sections of the website in the content tree; please note that this feature is only intended for better usability and it doesn't ensure security control - if you need to establish access rights for the given user, grant him with appropriate document permissions (Properties -> Security) |
Impersonation
Global administrators can also see the Log in as this user (
) link at the top of this tab. By clicking this link, the administrator gets logged in as the currently edited user and get redirected depending on the type of user:
| • | Global administrator - if you log in as some other global administrator, you will stay on the General tab |
| • | Editor - if you log in as some editor (a user with the Is editor option enabled), you will be redirected to CMS Desk |
| • | Standard user - if you log in as a standard user, you will be redirected to the title page of the live site |
In Site Manager -> Administration -> Event log, any changes made while impersonated will be logged with under the user name in format <user name> (<original user name>) where the original user is the administrator who clicked the Log in as this user () link.
