Creating a user account

To add a user:

1. Click the Edit Mode icon () to enter edit mode.
2. In the upper right corner of the edit toolbar, click the User Management icon (circled):

   

   The Manage User Rights dialog is displayed:

   

   The Manage User Rights dialog lists all the users that were created through all instances of Oracle Instant Portal. That is, if you have multiple instances of Oracle Instant Portal, and created users in each, the Manage User Rights dialog lists all the users in total. (Oracle Portal users who have been designated Oracle Instant Portal users are also listed here.)

3. Click Create New User, at the top of the Users pane. This dialog is displayed:

   

4. Enter the information requested and click Create.

   When you return to the Manage User Rights dialog, the new user ID appears in the Users pane. You can now use this dialog to set the appropriate privilege level for the user with respect to each page in the portal.

Notes

• To upload many users at once, use the bulk load facility.
• To designate Oracle Portal users as Oracle Instant Portal users, use the Groups portlet to add them to the group OIP_AVAILABLE_USERS, which was created by default during the installation process. Then use the Manage User Rights dialog to grant the appropriate privileges.
• During the Oracle Application Server Standard Edition One installation process, the following user/groups are created:
  • User called PORTAL, who has full privileges over all Oracle Instant Portals.
  • User called ORCLADMIN, who has full privileges over all Oracle Instant Portals.
  • Group called OIP_USER_ADMINS (List of users who can create new Oracle Instant Portals and perform user administration. Both PORTAL and ORCLADMIN are members of this group.)
  • Group called OIP_AVAILABLE_USERS (List of users who can access Oracle Instant Portals, which appears in the Manage User Rights dialog.)
• When a user is granted Manage privileges on any portal's home page, he or she is granted full privileges over that particular portal. The user cannot edit, delete, or even view any other Oracle Instant Portal, unless he or she has been granted explicit permission to do so. However, the user can do the following:
  • Create new users.
  • Delete any user in the Manage User Rights dialog, even those he or she did not create. (For this reason, it's wise to curtail the number of users who have Manage privileges on a home page.)
  • Create new Oracle Instant Portals.

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