Managing users and groups
All users can display lists of users and groups using P4Admin, but only users with admin or super permissions can make changes.
Helix Core Server Administrator Guide has details about Access levels required by Helix Server commands and User types (standard, operator, service).
To view or edit users and groups
To view all the users and groups that are defined on the Helix Core Server to which you are connected, select Tools > Administration and click the Users & Groups tab.
To edit a user or group
Right-click the user or group you want to edit and select Edit.
To create a group
Click File > New > Group. In the Group:New dialog, provide a Description that might be useful in case your organization will have many groups.
If your Helix Core service is configured for LDAP, you can configure the LDAP fields that appear. When you are done providing values for the new group, click OK.
To create a user
- In P4V, select Tools > Administration. P4Admin opens.
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Choose File > New > User.
The User dialog opens.
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Enter user information as follows. Click OK after making your entries.
User
The Helix Server user name.
Password
The password (if any) required for the user to connect to the server.
Email
The user’s email address.
Full name
The user’s real name.
Job view
(Optional) Criteria specifying which jobs are automatically included on any new changelists created by the user
Example:
User=bruno Status=openFor details, refer to the description of the
p4 jobs-eflag in the Perforce Command Reference.Reviews
Files of interest to the user, specified using depot syntax
When changelists that affect the file are submitted, the user receives email notification of the change. Note that you can also specify files of interest by clicking the Reviews tab.
Groups
Groups to which the user belongs
To add the user to a group, enter the name of the group in the Group field and click Add, or click Browse, select the group, and click OK.
To manage a user
To display details about a user
Click that user specification. The details about that user are displayed at the bottom of the Users tab.
To display a user's group memberships
Expand the user in the Users pane. To display the users in a group, expand the group in the Groups pane.
To add a user to a group
Drag the user from the Users pane to the desired group. To remove a user from a group, right-click the user in the group and choose Remove.
To edit a user's group memberships
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Right-click the user and select Edit User.
The User dialog is displayed.
- Edit the list displayed in the Group membership field.
To see what a user or group can access
To see which areas of the depot tree a user or group can access, right-click the user or group and select Show Permissions. The Permissions tab lets you View permissions for that user or group, and make edits.
