Assign roles to a user by editing users.xml

You can assign roles to a user by editing users.xml.

1. From the Administration menu, click User Management.
2. Click Edit.
   A message appears saying "users.xml has been checked out."
3. Find the name of the user you want to configure under <user>, and then scroll down to display the user's roles.
   The following lines show the role assignments you might see for a writer.

   <roles>
        <role name="Author" />
        <role name="Editor" />
   </roles>

4. Add a <role> element for each additional role you want to assign to the user.

   <roles>
        <role name="Author" />
        <role name="Editor" />    
        <role name="Project coordinator"/>
   </roles>

   Note: The role name you enter must correspond to roles previously configured.
5. Click Save.
   A message appears saying: "users.xml has been saved and checked in."
6. Click General.
7. Click Refresh Web Server.
8. Click Refresh.
   A message appears saying: "Web Server has been refreshed."