2.2. Editing an existing user

2.2. Editing an existing user
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Changing the properties of existing users can be achieved via User Management > Edit User. This will show a list of all users. Look up a user in this list using the navigation shown in Figure 2.2. Alternatively, you can enter a string in the textfield in the lower right corner of the page and click Filter users. As a result, the list is reduced to only those users whose names (partially) match the string in the textfield. Click on the ID of a user to change its profile [Remember that only the person that has created the user can edit it. If you are not such person, this message will appear above the User Data: "Please note: This user is administrated (AMS-)externally, therefore you cannot modify his data."]. The page that appears is similar to that in Figure 2.1. Now you can:

change all the fields except for 'Hosting Institution', 'User Name (UID)' and 'UID Domain', and confirm these changes by clicking on Save.

delete the selected user by clicking on Delete in the bottom right corner.

	Note
First of all, you can delete only the users you created yourself. Secondly, when you delete a user, all its data are removed including access rules. Restoring such data is not possible!

Note

First of all, you can delete only the users you created yourself.

Secondly, when you delete a user, all its data are removed including access rules. Restoring such data is not possible!

change the group membership of the user by (un)checking the boxes before the group names in the 'User Groups' section. Remember to confirm these changes by clicking on 'Save'.