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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.

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

} {panel:borderStyle=solid|borderColor=#fff|bgColor=#fff} {section:border=true} {column:width=50%} 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

\

..will

have

a

touchstone

collaboration

identity

of

joe.schmoe_2@touchstonenetwork.net.

\

*The

Touchstone

collaboration identy is used as the

collaboration identity – not email address – is used as the person's

username

in

wikis.mit.edu

{note} {info}{*}To identify Touchstone Collaboration account users, use the search facility (magnifying glass icon) on your space's Edit Permissions page:* !helpsearch.jpg|thumbnail! *Remember: These 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:

created a Touchstone Collaboration account
activated their Touchstone Collaboration account
gone to https://wikis.mit.edu/

and

logged

in

at

least

once

using

their

Touchstone

Collaboration

Account

identity.

{info}\\ 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.

\\ 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. {column} {column:width=50%} 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: \\ [

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/

]\\ \\ {note:title=When creating

Note

title	When creating lists..

} *

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.

\\

e.g.

mygroup-wiki-admin

 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: [

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/

]

/

*

Create

the

user-level

list

for

the

space.

Make

the

owner

of

_

this

_

list

admin

group

you

just

created.

\\

e.g.

mygroup-wiki

You

can

add

usernames

to

the

group

at:

[

https://web.mit.edu/moira/

] *

Non-MIT

users

should

be

added

to

Moira

lists

as

type

'string'.

*

Manage

your

Moira

lists

at:

\\ [

https://web.mit.edu/moira/

]\\ {note} 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. {note: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

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.

Note

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

for

more

information.

{note} h3. Associating your

Associating your group(s)

in

Confluence

A

periodic

feed

populates

Confluence

with

the

groups

you

have

created

in

Moira.

Once

your

groups

have

been

picked

up

by

the

feed,

space

administrators

can

use

them

to

control

access

to

your

space

within

Confluence.

In

your

wiki

space:

*

Go

to

Browse

Space

\

->

Space

Admin

\

->

Permissions

*

Click

*

edit

permissions

*

and

add

your

groups

under

the

'Groups'

heading.

Modify

permissions

as

appropriate,

then

click

'Save

all'.

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Users and Groups

Account creation for MIT Community members

Non-MIT ' guest' users

Wiki Group Membership

Default Groups

Managing Groups

Creating and managing Moira lists for wiki access and administration

Using Existing Moira lists and Stellar class lists.

Associating your group(s)

in

Confluence

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