Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
Database Administration

Adding a user

Only security administrators can edit the user list.

To add a user to the user list:

Access the Data Administration tool if you are using a graphical interface or access the Data Dictionary if you are using a character interface. The following steps represent the graphical interface.
Choose Admin Security Edit User List. The Edit User List dialog box appears:



Click Add. The Add User dialog box appears:



Before you enter any value, remember that user IDs and user names are not case sensitive, but passwords are case sensitive. Anytime you want to cancel your entries, press END-ERROR.

Enter the user ID.
Enter the user name. The User Name field allows you to keep track of the user assigned to that user ID. Since the Data tools do not use the value in this field for security purposes, you can enter any text in this field.
Enter the password and click OK. The Data tool prompts you to verify the password.
Enter the password again. If you successfully enter the same password, you will see the user record added to the user list. If you enter a different password, no user record is created.
To add another user record, click Add again. A new set of fields appears on the screen.
Note: You cannot change a User ID field or Password field once you have pressed TAB. However, you can change a user ID or password by deleting and then re-creating the user record. Note that Modify only allows you to make changes to the User Name field.

After a user record is added to the user list, the user can connect to that database using the password you assigned. Users can then change the assigned passwords to their own private passwords by using the Change Your Password option on the Security menu.

If users forget their passwords, you can delete their records from the user list and re-create new user records for them.