Managing Users and Groups

All users can display lists of users and groups using the Administration Tool, but only users with admin or super permissions can make changes. For details about access levels, refer to the Perforce System Administrator's Guide.

To view the users defined for the server to which you are connected, choose Tools > Administration and click the Users & Groups tab.

To display details about a user, click the desired user specification. The details about that user are displayed at the bottom of the Users tab.

To create a user:

  1. Choose Tools > Administration. The Administration Tool is displayed.

  2. Choose File > New... > User...

    The User dialog is displayed.

  3. Enter user information as follows. Click OK after making your entries.

    User The Perforce 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=open. For details, refer to the description of the p4 jobs command -e flag 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 change your password: choose Administration > Change Password....

To display the groups to which a user belongs, expand the user in the Users pane. To display the users in a group, expand the group in the Groups pane.

To edit a user or group, context-click the user or group you want to edit and choose Edit.

To see the areas of the depot tree to which a user has access, context-click the user, and choose Show Permissions. The Permissions tab is displayed, with the selected user highlighted.

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, context-click the user in the group and choose Remove.

To edit the groups to which a user belongs:

  1. Context-click the user and choose Edit User.

    The User dialog is displayed.

  2. Edit the list displayed in the Group membership field.