Manage User Accounts and Permissions
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You can add new users and assign permission levels or "roles" for them.
Add New Users
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Navigate to Users > Add New User:
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Add a SUNet ID user or use provided fields
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Select Role (permissions)
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Create New Account
Manage User Permissions or "Roles"
Site Managers have permission to assign site manager, site editor, or contributor roles to authenticated users.
- Navigate to People from the admin toolbar: [your site url]/admin/people (i.e. https://userguide.stanford.edu/admin/people)
- Locate the user you would like to edit.
- In the operations column, click Edit to update the user account:
- On the Edit page, scroll down to the Roles section. Check the preferred role for the user account:
- Click Save to update the user account. You should be returned to the People page and be greeted with a message saying that the changes have been saved.
Cancel User Account
Warning: Canceling an account is an irreversible action. Please take extra caution.
- From a site manager account, select User from the admin toolbar:
- In the operations column, click edit for the selected user:
- To the right of the Save button, click Cancel account for the selected user:
- You are directed to a confirmation page.
Stanford Web Services recommends using the default option to Disable the account and keep its content. - Click Cancel account.