There are two ways a new user can be added to Confluence:
Public Signup: Enabling public signup from the Administration Console allows users to sign themselves up to the site.
By Confluence Administrators : If you want to restrict your site to a select group of users, you may want to disable 'Public Signup'. In this instance, administrators with Confluence Administrator or System Administrator permissions can add new users from the Administration Console.
To add a new user to Confluence from the Administration Console,
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Go to the Confluence 'Administration Console'. To do this:
- Open the 'Browse' menu and select 'Confluence Admin'. The 'Administration Console' view will open.
- Select 'Manage Users' in the left-hand panel.
- Click the link 'Add new user' at the top of the page.
- In the form displayed, enter the user's details: username, password, name and email address.
- Click 'Create' to add the user.
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Comments (10)
Jul 28, 2006
David Aldrich says:
I expected that if I do not enter a password for the new user, one would be...I expected that if I do not enter a password for the new user, one would be automatically generated. Shouldn't this be so?
Oct 31, 2006
David Aldrich says:
Is an email notification automatically sent to the user when a new acc...Is an email notification automatically sent to the user when a new account is created? Can this be disabled?
Nov 02, 2006
Jeff Guthrie says:
I am curious if the user is prompted to automatically change their password when...I am curious if the user is prompted to automatically change their password when they log in the first time and what kind of password rules there are. And if these are configurable...
Nov 02, 2006
Nicholas Ilacqua says:
In response to this and your previous question: first, passwords are required be...In response to this and your previous question: first, passwords are required because after a user is created there is no email sent out to anyone and the admin doesn't have access to the current password(though they can reset the password). If the password is automatically generated there would be no access to it. Second, emails aren't sent out after new user creation.
Nov 03, 2006
Ryan LaMontagne says:
Hi,I'm new to confluence and I'm trying to figure out the Add New User...Hi,I'm new to confluence and I'm trying to figure out the Add New User and Password/email piece. This thread answered a couple of my questions, however, I have question pertaining to the statement "and the admin doesn't have access to the current password (though they can reset the password)." Doesn't the Admin have to put in a password when they create a new user? Also, new users are not prompted to change their passwords when logging in for the first time. As an Admin, I may have to send an email to the new User providing them w/their login credentials and tell them to change their password. This the correct approach?
Nov 08, 2006
Tom Davies says:
Yes, the administrator must give the user a password when the user is created. Y...Yes, the administrator must give the user a password when the user is created. Your approach is correct if the user is not in your presence when you create their account.
Mar 07, 2007
Benjill Cubas says:
We're using JIRA and I like the jelly script feature where you can create an XML...We're using JIRA and I like the jelly script feature where you can create an XML file to automatically perform some manual tasks (i.e. create users, etc.). Is this possible in Confluence to script the creation of a user account?
Mar 12, 2007
Samuel Le Berrigaud says:
Hi, Confluence doesn't have such things as jelly scripts. I would recommend usi...Hi,
Confluence doesn't have such things as jelly scripts. I would recommend using XML-RPC so that you could access Confluence through your favourite scripting language. You can find more information about the Confluence XML-RPC API at http://confluence.atlassian.com/x/3QI.
SaM
Mar 03, 2008
Ben Shoemate says:
It seems there should be a way for a "space admin" to create users for that spac...It seems there should be a way for a "space admin" to create users for that space. We have many spaces and the owner of a space wants the ability to add new users to the space without going to the confluence admin. The Custom Space User Management Plugin (http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEXT/Custom+Space+User+Management+Plugin) is close but only allows you to add existing users (already in confluence or in LDAP to a group). I want to give a space admin the ability create a user, and give them access to their group (And thus their space). Any ideas?
Mar 04, 2008
Choy Li Tham says:
Hi Ben, Unfortunately, Confluence does not provide this feature currently and t...Hi Ben,
Unfortunately, Confluence does not provide this feature currently and there is no workaround that i can think of to fulfill your requirement. However, there is an improvement request which stated that the user management can be delegated to a space administrator. This improvement request can be accessed via the following link:
If you are keen on this feature, please do cast your vote to increase its popularity and add yourself as a watcher to the issue above for future updates. Also, feel free to add comments to the improvement request to reflect the importance of this improvement.
Regards,
Choy Li
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