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When a user registers an account for the purpose of subscribing to change notices, submitting content, or the like, DSpace creates an EPerson record in the database. Administrators can manipulate these records in several ways.
Please note that when a user has submitted content, his EPerson record cannot be deleted because there are references to it from the submitted item(s). If it is necessary to prevent further use of such an account, it can be marked "cannot log in".
From the browser: XMLUI
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From the browser: JSPUI
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From the browser
- Login as an Administrator
- Sidemenu "Access Control" → "People"
- Browse or search for the account you wish to modify or delete.
To modify user permissions / group memberships:
- Login as an Administrator
- Sidemenu "Access Control" → "Groups"
- Edit the Group
- Search for the EPerson & add/remove them from that group.
From the command line
The user command
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One of the options --email is required to name the record. The complete options are: or --netid
| -a | --add | required |
| -m | email address | |
| -n | --netid | "netid" (a username in an external system such as a directory – see Authentication Methods for details) |
| -p | --password | a password for the account. Required. |
| -g | --givenname | First or given name |
| -s | --surname | Last or surname |
| -t | --telephone | Telephone number |
| -l | --language | Preferred language |
| -c | --requireCertificate | Certificate required? See X.509 Authentication for details. |
To list accounts:
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[dspace]/bin/dspace user --list |
This simply lists some characteristics of each EPerson.
| short | long | meaning |
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| -L | --list | required |
To modify an account:
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[dspace]/bin/dspace user --modify -m george@example.com |
| short | long | meaning |
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| -M | --modify | required |
| -m | identify the account by email address | |
| -n | --netid | identify the account by netid |
| -g | --givenname | First or given name |
| -s | --surname | Last or surname |
| -t | --telephone | telephone number |
| -l | --language | preferred language |
| -c | --requireCertificate | certificate required? |
| -C | --canLogIn | is the account enabled or disabled? |
| -i | --newEmail | set or change email address |
| -I | --newNetid | set or change netid |
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To delete an account:
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[dspace]/bin/dspace user --delete -n martha |
| short | long | meaning |
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| -d | --delete | required |
| -m | identify the account by email address | |
| -n | --netid | identify the account by netid |
The Groomer
This tool inspects all user accounts for several conditions.
| short | long | meaning |
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| -a | --aging | find accounts not logged in since a given date |
| -u | --unsalted | find accounts not using salted password hashes |
| -b | --before | date cutoff for --aging |
| -d | --delete | delete disused accounts (used with --aging) |
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Find accounts with unsalted passwords
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