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diff --git a/docs/en/admins/01_Index.md b/docs/en/admins/01_Index.md index c4f3cee7f..9842cba8f 100644 --- a/docs/en/admins/01_Index.md +++ b/docs/en/admins/01_Index.md @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Learn how to install, update, and backup FreshRSS, as well as how to use the com ## Tutorials and Examples +* [User management](12_User_management.md) * [Backing up FreshRSS](05_Backup.md) * [Installing themes](11_Themes.md) * [Installation on Debian 9/Ubuntu 16.04](06_LinuxInstall.md) diff --git a/docs/en/admins/12_User_management.md b/docs/en/admins/12_User_management.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e2c19b467 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en/admins/12_User_management.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +# User Management + +## User list + +Settings page: `Administation` -> `Manage Users`. + +The [default user](13_Default_user.md) is marked with italic letters. + +## Create new user + +Settings page: `Administation` → `Manage Users`. + +For a new user the following information is necessary: +* language +* username +* is it an administrator account? +* password + +If in the `System configuration` the `Force email address validation` is enabled, then the email address input is shown and mandatory. + +## User registration form + +New users could use the self registration form in the frontend. + +The user registration form is available via the login form, when the maximum number of accounts is smaller than the number of created accounts (Set up in `Administration` → `System configuration`). If the maximum number of accounts is 0, than there is no limit on the number of user accounts. + +If in the `System configuration` the `Force email addres validation` is enabled, than the email address input is shown and mandatory. + +It is optional to have a `Terms of Service` (`ToS`). If ToS is enabled, then it is mandatory to check it for registration. + +### Enable Terms of Service (ToS) + +Create a file `tos.html` in `./data`. + +Example of TOS: see `./data/tos.example.html` diff --git a/docs/en/admins/13_Default_user.md b/docs/en/admins/13_Default_user.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..946d53814 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en/admins/13_Default_user.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +# Default User + +Currently, we have one `main user`, also called `default user`, or `admin`. All the others are `regular users`. + +The default user is the first created user within the install routine. + +## Manage + +The default user is always an administrator. + +It is impossible to demote or disable the user. + +## Anonymous reading mode + +The default user is used for the anonymous reading. + +How to enable the anonymous reading mode: +* go to settings `Administration` → `Authentication` +* enable the checkbox of `Allow anonymous reading of the default user's articles` +* when no user is logged in then the feeds of the default user is shown + +## Change the default user + +There is no UI for changing the default user, but a CLI (`./cli/reconfigure.php --default_user YourNewAdmin`) is provided. It can also be changed manually by editing the text file `./FreshRSS/data/config.php` and changing `'default_user' => 'alice'`, to the desired user. |