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When you click the Admin menu, the Manage User Accounts page appears with the following options.This chapter introduces you to managing user login accounts. Topics in this chapter include:

User Account Overview

When you click the Admin menu, the Manage Users page User Accounts appears with the following options.

• Create a New User

• Search Existing Users

You can also

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 Edit a user account

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. The following sections provide details on these options. 

For information on user roles, refer to caNanoLab User Roles. 

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Creating a New User Account

To create a new user account

1. Click the Admin caNanoLab menu option.

2. On the Manage Users page, click Click Create New User. This opens the

3. From Create User page.Fill , fill in the user contact information. The Username and First and Last Name is are required.

4. Specify the User Roleuser role(s) to assign to the user:, as described in caNanoLab User Roles. 

   1. Researcher

   2. Curator

   3. Admin

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5. Click SaveSubmit.
   A success message appears in red at the top of the page.

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Searching for Existing Users

To search for an existing user

1. Click Admin.

2. ClickOn the Manage Users page, click Search Existing Users.

3. From Search Users, in The User Search page opens.
   In the Search Name box, you can enter all or part of the user's Username, First, and/or Last Name.

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   If you do not add any parameters in the User Search box, all users are returned.

   The User Search Results page opens.

   You can edit and reset the password for any user returned by the search.

   On the same page, the system lists user search results with each user's username and contact information.

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Editing a User Account

To edit a user's account information

1. Search for the user.

2. In From the search results row, click Edit in the Actions column.

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3. On Update User, you You cannot edit the Username. On the Update User page, make changes to , but you can update the remaining user information.

4. Click Update.

   A success message appears in red at the top of the page.

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Resetting a User Password

To reset a user password

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2. When you are done, click Submit. A

3. Search for the user.

4. In search results row, click Reset Password.

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5. You cannot edit the Username. On the Update User page, enter the Old Password and add a New Password.

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6. Click Reset Password.

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