Learning Resources
Adding an administrator
The Web Site Administration Tool lets you modify roles and reassign users to roles. You can perform the following tasks in the tool:
-
Add or remove users from an existing role.
-
Assign users to a new role.
-
Add new roles.
-
Disable roles.
-
Delete roles.
In this walkthrough, you will perform the following tasks:
-
Remove the admin1 user from the Admin role.
-
Assign member1 user to the Admin role.
To remove a user from an existing role
-
In the Website Administration Tool, click the Security tab, and then under Roles, click Create or Mange roles.
-
Under Role Name, select the Admin role and click Manage.
All the members in the Admin role are displayed.
-
Under User Is In Role for the admin1 user, clear the check box to remove the admin1 user from the role.
-
Click Back.
To assign a user to a new role
-
Click Back to return to the Security tab.
-
Under Users, click Manage users.
-
Under User name, in the member1 user row, click Edit User.
The edit role page is displayed.
-
Under Roles, select the Admin and Member role and click Save. The member1 user is now in the Admin role and is allowed to access the AdminPages folder.
-
Click OK and then close the Website Administration Tool window.