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Account Functions: Create quick user User Name: Password: Confirm: Directory: Full Control: Allow Anonymous:

Please completely read the help file below before using this function. Overview This function is a quick and easy way to do one of two possibilities: 1) Create a private web. 2) Allow a user access to a directory for creating their own web site. Fields User Name (Required) This field is for identifying the user for which you will be creating/setting the directory. Password (Not Required) This field is for setting the password for the above user name. Leave this field blank if the user already exists. Confirm (Not Required) This field is for confirming the password entered above. Leave this field blank if the user already exists. Directory (Not Required) This field is for identifying the directory on which you will be setting the user's permissions. If the directory does not exist, it will be automatically created. If this field is left blank, it will create a directory identical to the user name. Full Control (Check Box) This field is for selecting whether or not you want the above user to have full control of the directory. Leave this checked is you want to create an account for another user to be able to upload to the directory. Leave this unchecked if you want to create a private web to which you want the user to have access. Allow Anonymous (Check Box) This field is for selecting whether or not you want anonymous browser and FTP access to the directory. Leave this checked is you want anyone to have read access the directory. Leave this unchecked if you want only the above user and yourself to have access to the directory. This will result in a password dialogue box like the one you get entering your administration page. Notes You may only leave the password field blank if the user has already been created. Unchecking Full Control and Checking Allow Anonymous will essentially do nothing. This will NOT grant users access through FrontPage. Samples How to create a user that will have access to a private web site you create:       User Name: rsmith        Password: lament         Confirm: lament       Directory: friendsonly    Full Control: Not Checked Allow Anonymous: Not Checked This will create the user rsmith and give it read access to the friendsonly directory. Whenever anyone goes to www.domain.xxx/friendsonly, they will be prompted for a user name and password. How to create a user that will have their own directory to which they can upload files for viewing on the web:       User Name: rsmith        Password:         Confirm:       Directory:    Full Control: Checked Allow Anonymous: Checked This will only work if the user rsmith has already been created. This will create the directory rsmith, and grant the user rsmith full access to it. Then, rsmith can upload files to the directory that will be viewable at www.domain.xxx/rsmith. How to create a user that will have their own directory for uploading files that will not be accessible via the web:       User Name: rsmith        Password: lament         Confirm: lament       Directory:    Full Control: Checked Allow Anonymous: Not Checked This will create the user rsmith. It will then create the directory rsmith, and grant the user rsmith full access to it. Now rsmith can upload files to the directory. When anyone goes to www.domain.xxx/rsmith they will be prompted for a user name and password. Errors Invalid user name - This error means the User Name field is blank or contains illegal characters. Resubmit form using an alternate user name. Invalid password - This error means the Password field is blank or contains illegal characters. Resubmit form using an alternate password. Incorrect password - This error means the Confirm field does not match the Password field. Resubmit the form making sure the passwords match. Invalid directory - This error means you are trying to use one of the system directories (admin,cgi-bin,private,report). Resumbit form using an alternate directory. The system cannot find the path specified - This error means you are trying to create multiple directories. If you type in bob\private in the Directory field, the directory bob must already exist. Resubmit the form using an alternate directory. Access is denied - This error means you are trying to set permissions on a directory to which you do not have access. Resubmit the form using an alternate directory. Server error - This error means a server side configuration is incorrect. Contact technical support to resolve the error.