Dialog Box ‘Project Settings’ - ‘Users and Groups’

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Function: This dialog box is for the configuration of the user management for the current project.

Call: Menu Project ‣ Project Settings, category Users and Groups

Tab ‘User’

Displays the users and their memberships in groups
Add	Opens the dialog box Add User.
Edit	Opens the dialog box Edit User.
Delete	An error message appears if you attempt to delete the last user of a group, since a group must have at least one member.

Add User / Edit User

Input fields for setting up a new user account or changing an existing one
Active	: You may use the user account, default : The user cannot log in. If he attempts to login again with incorrect login data, this can result in automatic deactivation of the account; see below: Settings.
Memberships	List of all user groups that you have defined in addition to the group Everyone (to which each new user automatically belongs). <group name> : the new user belongs to the group.

Export/Import

Export users and groups	The command opens the standard dialog for saving a file in the local file system. You can store the users and groups definitions of the project in a file *:code:.users in xml format.
Import users and groups	Export users and groups opens the standard dialog for browsing the local file system for a file. Search for a file with extension *:code:.users in order to import the users and groups definiitions, stored in this file, into the project.

Tab ‘Groups’

Display of the groups and their members. A group can also be a member of a group.
Add	Opens the dialog box Add Group.
Edit	Opens the dialog box Edit Group.
Delete	If you delete a group, the user accounts of the members remain unchanged. You cannot delete the groups Everyone and Owner.

On button Export/Import please see above the User paragraph.

Tab ‘Settings’

Display of the groups and their members in a tree structure. A group can also be a member of a group.
Maximum number of authentication trials	(standard) : If the user has attempted to login with an incorrect password the number of times specified here, the user account is deactivated. : The number of the unsuccessful attempts is unlimited
Automatic logoff after time of inactivity	: The user is automatically logged out if CODESYS does not register any user actions by mouse or keyboard during the time period (minutes) specified here.

See also

• Command ‘User management’ – ‘Log in user’