How to create a new user

Introduction

This section describes how to create a new user and assign a home folder for the user’s methods and results.

Default user

A default user is created when the system is installed. The default user has unrestricted access to all UNICORN functions. You log on with this profile when you access a newly installed system for the first time.

The table below describes how to log on as the default user.

Step

Action

1

Select user default from the user drop-list.

2

Type password default if necessary.

Note: The default user is the only user that is allowed to use the user name as password.

3

Click OK or press the Enter key.

Note: We recommend that the default user is deleted when regular user profiles are created.

How to open User Setup

All user administration is performed in the User Setup dialog box in the Main Menu module. It is accessible only to authorized users (and the default user).

User Setup is found on the Administration menu.

  • Choose Administration:User Setup.

The User Setup dialog box

The illustration below shows the User Setup dialog box.

How to create a new user

The table below describes how to create a new user.

Step

Action

1

Click the New button in the User Setup dialog box.

Result: The Create New User dialog box opens.

2

Enter a user name in the User name text box.

3

Enter the full name of the user in the Full name text box.

4

Enter the position of the user in the Position text box.

5

Select or create a Home folder:

  • Select a Drive and a folder from the Name drop-list and proceed to step 9.

or

  • If you need to create a new home folder, proceed with step 6.

6

Click New.

Result: the Create New Folder dialog box opens.

7

Select a Drive and type a folder name.

8

Click OK to create the folder and return to the Create New User dialog box.

9

Click OK.

Result: The new user is created and added to the User Setup list.

10

  • Click Close.

or

  • Click the New button and repeat steps 1 - 8 to create more users.

Home folders

Each user must be assigned to a home folder. The Default folder can be used if you do not want to assign an individual home folder.

Note: If you create a home folder on the C: (local) drive it will not be accessible from other computers. If you select a network, make sure that is addressed by the same drive letter from all computers in the network.

2005-06-15