Documentation for Crowd 1.6. Documentation for other versions of Crowd is available too.
Deactivating a user prevents the user from logging in to any applications that use the Crowd framework. You would typically do this when a user leaves your organisation.
Deleting a user removes the user completely from the relevant directory.
Deactivating instead of Deleting
We recommend that you deactivate a user rather than delete them, in case some applications contain historical data, such as documents that the user has created. Read more.
Deactivating a user that resides in LDAP
For applications that need users to exist for historical data (such as JIRA), you should recreate the user and mark it inactive in a Crowd Internal Directory before deleting from your LDAP directory.
Step by Step Guide
To deactivate a user,
- Log in to the Crowd Administration Console.
- Click the 'Users' link in the top navigation bar.
- This will display the User Browser. Select the relevant directory, locate the user you wish to deactivate, and click the 'View' link that corresponds to the user.
- This will display the 'User Details' screen. Deselect the 'Active' check-box, then click the 'Update' button.
The user will now be unable to log in to any applications which use the Crowd framework.
To delete a user,
- Log in to the Crowd Administration Console.
- Click the 'Users' link in the top navigation bar.
- This will display the User Browser. Click the 'View' link that corresponds to the user you wish to delete.
- This will display the 'User Details' screen. Click 'Remove User' in the left-hand menu.
The user will be removed from the relevant directory and will no longer appear in the User Browser.
RELATED TOPICS
- Using the User Browser
- Adding a User
- Deleting or Deactivating a User
- Managing a User's Session
- Editing a User's Details and Password
- Specifying a User's Attributes
- Granting Crowd Administration Rights to a User
- Granting Crowd User Rights to a User
- Using the Group Browser and Role Browser
- Viewing Members of a Group
- Case Sensitivity of Usernames, Groups and Roles
- Editing a User's Group and Role Membership
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