77 " keywords " : " Plone, Zope, users, emergency user, administration, pip, buildout"
88---
99
10- (user-groups-emergency -user-label)=
10+ (admin-guide-zope-manager -user-label)=
1111
1212# Zope Manager Users
1313
1414Zope manager users have full access to the whole Zope instance.
1515
16- Some installation methods automatically create a zope admin user for you already.
16+ Some installation methods automatically create a zope ` admin ` user for you already.
1717
18- The credentials for this user are usually:
19-
20- - username: ` admin `
21- - password: ` admin `
18+ This guide explains how to add a Zope manager user to an existing Zope instance.
2219
23- There are multiple reasons why you might need to add a new Zope manager user , such as:
20+ There are multiple reasons why you might need to do that , such as:
2421
2522- Your installation method did not create one.
2623- You lost access to your instance.
2724- You inherited a project without proper documentation.
2825
29- If you need to regain access to your instance, this user is also refered to as an emergency user.
30-
31- This guide explains how to add a Zope manager user to an existing Zope instance.
26+ ``` {note}
27+ If you need to regain access to your instance, this user is also referred to as an **emergency user**.
28+ ```
3229
3330``` {note}
3431The emergency user is a superuser with full access to the Zope instance.
3532It is not limited to a specific Plone site.
3633Please be aware of the security implications.
34+ You might want to change the passwords of the already existing manager users after you regained to your instance.
3735```
3836
39- (user-groups-create-an-emergency -user-label)=
37+ (admin-guide-adding-a-new-zope-manager -user-label)=
4038
4139## Adding a New Zope Manager User
4240
43- There are multiple ways to create a Zope manager user, depending on how you created and managed your Zope instance.
41+ There are multiple ways to create a Zope manager user.
42+ That depends on how you created and managed your Zope instance.
4443
4544``` {important}
4645If you are running a standalone instance, it must be stopped before adding the user.
4746```
4847
48+ (admin-guide-using-the-adduser-instance-command-label)=
49+
4950### Using the ` adduser ` instance command
5051
51- If your site was installed with ` buildout ` , you can add a Zope manager user via an instance script.
52+ If your site was installed with ` buildout ` and ` plone.recipe.zope2instance ` , you can add a Zope manager user via an instance script.
5253
5354Run the following command in the terminal:
5455
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ $ bin/instance adduser foo baz
7273Created user: None
7374```
7475
76+ (admin-guide-using-the-addzopeuser-command-label)=
77+
7578### Using the ` addzopeuser ` command
7679
7780For ` pip ` based installations, you will have a script called ` addzopeuser ` in the ` bin ` directory of your virtual environment.
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