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Users and Groups
Account creation for MIT Community members
A basic account is automatically created when an MIT certificate-bearing or Touchstone authenticated user first logs in to the service. When a new user attempts to access a protected site, that user will be propmted to log in. A new user can also log in by explicitly clicking the 'Log In' link.
Non-MIT ' guest' users
Non MIT people must create 'collaboration accounts' in MIT's Touchstone single sign-on service. Once such an account has been created, a basic guest-level wiki account will be auto created the first time the collaboration-account bearing user logs into wikis.mit.edu. A space administrator can then give the person an appropriate level of space permissions by specifying the person's touchstonenetwork.net identity on the space's permissions page.
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A note about Collaboration accounts..
Note that a collaboration account user's username is not the same as that person's email address, but rather takes the form.. identity_n@touchstonenetwork.net ..where identity is generated from the person's email address, and n takes care of potential duplicates. For example, a user who has registered for a Collaboration account using the email address.. joe.schmoe@flub.edu ..will have a touchstone collaboration identity of
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h2. Users and Groups
h3. Account creation for MIT Community members
* A basic account is automatically created when an MIT certificate-bearing or Touchstone authenticated user first logs in to the service. When a new user attempts to access a protected site, that user will be propmted to log in. A new user can also log in by explicitly clicking the 'Log In' link.
h3. Non-MIT ' guest' users
* Non MIT people must create 'collaboration accounts' in MIT's [Touchstone|http://web.mit.edu/touchstone/www/index.html] single sign-on service. Once such an account has been created, a basic guest-level wiki account will be auto created the first time the collaboration-account bearing user logs into wikis.mit.edu.
A space administrator can then give the person an appropriate level of space permissions by specifying the person's touchstonenetwork.net identity on the space's permissions page.
{note:title=A note about Collaboration accounts..}Note that a collaboration account user's username is not the same as that person's email address, but rather takes the form..
identity_n@touchstonenetwork.net
..where _identity_ is generated from the person's email address, and _n_ takes care of potential duplicates.
For example, a user who has registered for a Collaboration account using the email address..
joe.schmoe@flub.edu
..will have a touchstone collaboration identity of
joe.schmoe_1@touchstonenetwork.net.
A
user
who
registers
subsequently
using
email
address..
joe.schmoe@something.com
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..will
have
a
touchstone
collaboration
identity
of
joe.schmoe_2@touchstonenetwork.net.
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*The
Touchstone
collaboration
identity
--
– not
email
address
--
– is
used
as
the
person's
username
in
wikis.mit.edu*
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{info}{*}To identify Touchstone Collaboration account users, use the search facility (magnifying glass icon) on your space's Edit Permissions page:*
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*Remember: Non-MIT people will not come up in your search until they have:*
* created a Touchstone Collaboration account
* activated their Touchstone Collaboration account
* gone to
Info
To identify Touchstone Collaboration account users, use the search facility (magnifying glass icon) on your space's Edit Permissions page: Image Added Remember: Non-MIT people will not come up in your search until they have:
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If you need help in determining the Touchstone collaboration identity of a user, contact
If you need help in determining the Touchstone collaboration identity of a user, contact wiki-support@mit.edu.
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h3. Wiki Group Membership
* Wiki groups map to Moira groups and Stellar class membership lists. In order to add a user to a wiki group, add that user to the proper Moira group or Stellar class group.
* Any Moira group can be associated with a space. A space administrator can asociate any Moira group with his/her space. A periodic (several times a day) feed synchronizes internal wiki groups with their corresponding Moira groups. Non-MIT users can be added to the Moira group as type STRING.
The Stellar feed is more infrequent (generally twice a day).
* It is not necessary to use Moira groups to control acces to wiki spaces. Access to some wiki spaces can be controlled at the individual user level as well.
* If a Touchstone collaboration user is detected in the Moira feed, a basic account will be created automatically.
* All user accounts are included in a base-level group named confluence-users. This group can not be modified via Moira.
h3. Default Groups
* *confluence-users* contains all people with Confluence accounts - both MIT and non-MIT
* *mit-users* contains all people with MIT kerberos accounts
* *anonymous* a pseudo group equivalent to everyone in the world without an account, used for the purpose of setting a space to be world-accessible.
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h2. Managing Groups
h3. Creating and managing Moira lists for wiki access and administration
The recommended practice is to use at least two lists for your wiki space. One list should contain regular users of the space, and the others should contain space administrators. Members of the MIT community can create Moira lists at:
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Wiki Group Membership
Wiki groups map to Moira groups and Stellar class membership lists. In order to add a user to a wiki group, add that user to the proper Moira group or Stellar class group.
Any Moira group can be associated with a space. A space administrator can asociate any Moira group with his/her space. A periodic (several times a day) feed synchronizes internal wiki groups with their corresponding Moira groups. Non-MIT users can be added to the Moira group as type STRING. The Stellar feed is more infrequent (generally twice a day).
It is not necessary to use Moira groups to control acces to wiki spaces. Access to some wiki spaces can be controlled at the individual user level as well.
If a Touchstone collaboration user is detected in the Moira feed, a basic account will be created automatically.
All user accounts are included in a base-level group named confluence-users. This group can not be modified via Moira.
Default Groups
confluence-users contains all people with Confluence accounts - both MIT and non-MIT
mit-users contains all people with MIT kerberos accounts
anonymous a pseudo group equivalent to everyone in the world without an account, used for the purpose of setting a space to be world-accessible.
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Managing Groups
Creating and managing Moira lists for wiki access and administration
The recommended practice is to use at least two lists for your wiki space. One list should contain regular users of the space, and the others should contain space administrators. Members of the MIT community can create Moira lists at: http://wserv.mit.edu/lc/
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Note
title
When creating lists..
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*
Create
"traditional"
Moira
lists,
not
Mailman
lists
*
You,
as
space
administrator,
should
be
a
member
and
administrator
of
any
Moira
list
you
create
for
use
in
your
wiki
space.
*
All
Moira
lists
_
must
_
also
be
AFS
groups
and
should
be
'visible'.
This
is
important.
Be
sure
to
check
the
appropriate
radio
buttons
and
checkboxes.
*
Create
an
admin
list
for
the
space.
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e.g.
mygroup-wiki-admin
Make yourself the list owner.
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Make yourself the list owner. note that after creating the list, you may wish to add others to it and to make it a self-administered list (set the listowner to be the list itself). You can do this at: https://web.mit.edu/moira/
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h3. Using Existing Moira lists and Stellar class lists.
If you have existing lists you'd like to use for wiki access, you can do so.
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* Be sure that the lists are AFS groups.
* The Registrar's office auto-populates Moira lists corresponding to the class membership. These lists can be useful if no Stellar site exists for a class. Contact the Accounts group (accounts@mit.edu) for more information.
* Stellar class lists can be used for access to a class wiki space. Contact
Using Existing Moira lists and Stellar class lists.
If you have existing lists you'd like to use for wiki access, you can do so.
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title
Existing Lists..
Be sure that the lists are AFS groups.
The Registrar's office auto-populates Moira lists corresponding to the class membership. These lists can be useful if no Stellar site exists for a class. Contact the Accounts group (accounts@mit.edu) for more information.
Stellar class lists can be used for access to a class wiki space. Contact class-wiki-support@mit.edu
