Dialog: Project Settings: Users and Groups

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Function: The dialog is used to configure the user management for the current project.

Call: Project → Project Settings command, Users and Groups category

Tab: Users

Displays the users and their memberships in groups
Add	Opens the Add User dialog
Edit	Opens the Edit User dialog
Delete	An error message appears if you attempt to delete the last user of a group, because a group has to have at least one member.

Table 136. Add User / Edit User

Input fields for setting up a new user account or changing an existing one

Active

: (default) You can use the user account.

: The user cannot log in. If the user repeatedly tries to log in with incorrect credentials, then this can result in automatic deactivation of the account (see below: Settings).

Memberships

List of all user groups which you have defined in addition to the Everyone group (to which each new user automatically belongs)

<group name>: The new user belongs to the group.

Table 137. Export/Import

Export Users and Groups	The command opens the default dialog for saving a file in the local file system. You can store the users and groups, which have been defined in the project, to a `*.users` file in XML format.
Import Users and Groups	The command opens the default dialog for searching for a file with the `*.users` extension in the local file system in order to read user and group definitions into the project.

Tab: Groups

Display of the groups and their members A group can also be a member of a group.
Add	Opens the Add Group dialog
Edit	Opens the Edit Group dialog
Delete	When you delete a group, the user accounts of the members remain unchanged. You cannot delete the Everyone and Owner groups.

For information about the Export/Import button, see the description of the Users tab above.

Tab: Settings

Display of the groups and their members in a tree structure

A group can also be a member of a group.

Maximum number of authentication trials

: (default) If the user has tried to log in with an incorrect password the number of times specified here, then the user account will be disabled.

: The number of the unsuccessful attempts is unlimited.

Automatically logout after time of inactivity

: The user is automatically logged out if CODESYS does not register any user actions from the mouse or keyboard during the time span (in minutes) as specified here.

For more information, see: Protecting and Saving Projects