Adding users to CES-wiki

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Creating and Adding Users to the CES IT Wiki

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Steps to create user

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  1. Log in as an administrator to the CES IT Wiki
  2. Under "Special pages," go the the "Login/create account section" and click "Create account"
  3. Follow the instructions to build the account and send the new user an email to notify
  4. Using ssh, log into the CES-wiki host server
  5. Enter the following command to direct to the website maintenance directory:
    1. cd /var/www/html/maintenance
  6. Enter the following command to promote the user to the appropriate groups
    1. php createAndPromote.php --bureaucrat/sysop/interface-admin --force username [password]
      1. --force allows changes to existing accounts, the password field is optional with this switch and will force a change if used
      2. --sysop is administrator