To allow people on your network to access the NetWinder, you will need to create accounts for them. If required, you may also want to organize users with similar needs into user groups.
Each person who wants to use the NetWinder for file server access, discussion groups, InfoPlace or e-mail will need a user account. A user account allows people to identify themselves to the NetWinder.
To add a user or change a user's information, you need to visit the Users page from the NetWinder Administration page. It looks like this:
To create a new user, click Add a new user at the bottom of the Users page. You'll see a page that looks like this:
Fill in this form to create the user account. This is the information you need to provide:
Username. This is the short name that the NetWinder system uses to keep track of the user, and which is used in his or her e-mail address. For example, a good Username for Fred Fiddle might be ffiddle. That way, his e-mail address would be something like ffiddle@rebel.com (if your company's network name is rebel.com).
Naturally, each user on the system must have a unique username.
Note: User account names are case sensitive - michael is not the same as Michael.
Full name. In our example, that's Fred Fiddle. The NetWinder doesn't actually use this information for anything, so it's marked as "(opt)" (optional). Still, it's usually easier for you to keep track of your users if you enter the full name now.
Phone number. This is another field that the NetWinder doesn't use directly. If you fill this in, however, other NetWinder users will be able to find this person's phone number when they visit the Users page.
Comment. Fill in any additional information about the user here (their position and department, for example), if you would like to have it published in the user listing.
Password. You know all about passwords. This is the one the user will need, along with his or her username, to gain access to the NetWinder.
The password will not display as you type it. To make sure you entered it correctly, type it again on the (confirm) line.
Disk quota. If this user will use the NetWinder to store a personal web page, e-mail, or other files, you can limit the amount of disk space he or she may use. The value is expressed in megabytes (MB or millions of bytes).
If you set this value to zero, the user can use as much disk space as required until the server fills up. More frequently, the limit is set at 5 to 15 megabytes.
Click the Save button once you've entered all the information.
You can change an existing user's settings or remove the user from the system in much the same way as you create a new user.
From the Users page, find the user you want to edit or remove, and then click the word Edit or Remove that appears next to the user's name. If you use Edit, you will be sent to the same screen that you saw in the Creating Users section. If you use Remove, you will first be asked to confirm the change, and then the user account will be deleted.