Managing users using the user module consists in:

• Allowing a user to register a new profile with a login and password
• Allowing a user to log in the sytem and be recognized as member of user groups
• Allowing a user to update a profile with more information like his real name, instant messenger informations...
• Allowing an administrator to see the list of users, from there he can assign roles to a user
• Allowing as administrator to assign roles to a user
• Allowing a user to logout

Here is a list of attributes that you can define in the portlet.xml file:

• subscriptionMode
  • automatic

    The user can register and is automatically enabled

  • emailVerification

    The user is disabled till he opens in his web browser a link sent by email to the address he specified.

• emailFrom

  Email address that will appear in the "From" header when the system will send an email to a user

• defaultRole

  Default role assigned to new users by default