# Users

You can manage all the ngSurvey users using the user management interface 

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The user management interface let you 

1. Create new users
2. Edit existing users
3. Set [roles](/multi-user-management/roles.md) for the users

## ➕ Creating a user

To create a new user you may click **Add new user**

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User cannot self register, you have to create their account manually.
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## 🔅 User properties

* **`Username`** Username ,must be unique across all users
* **`First name`** First name of the user.
* **`Last name`** Last name of the user.
* **`Email`** Email of the user.
* **`Mobile phone number`** Mobile phone number of the user.
* **`Password`** Password to login.
* **`Language`** Language used for the administration interface.
* **`Require password update on login`** User is required to change its password the first time he logs in.
* **`Login attemps`** number of unsuccessful login attemps for that account.
* **`Desactivated`** Activate or disactivated the account. The user will not be able to login anymore if its disactivated. 

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🧙 The **First name, last  name** and **email** are used as a sender for [email campaigns](/form-management/campaigns/campaign/email-distribution/email.md) and email related tasks.

The **mobile phone number** is used as a sender for the [SMS phone campaigns](/form-management/campaigns/campaign/phone-sms-distribution.md). 
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## ❌ Deleting a user

Deleting a user cannot be reversed. Surveys of the user are not deleted with the account, these surveys are re-assigned to the first available administrator account.

## 🔑 User Roles

User roles define the rights that the user will have within the administration section.

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The **administrator** right will grant the user all the rights and also give the user access to all the surveys. 
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**Assign all surveys** will grant access to all surveys that were created within ngSurvey without the need of giving full administrator rights.
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## 🔒 Account lock out

After 10 failed attempts to login ngSurvey will automatically lock out the account for 5 minutes. You can configure the number of failed attempts and lock up delay using following environment variables.

* ***NGSurvey:AccountLockoutThreshold*** is the number of allowed failed attempts 
* ***NGSurvey:AccountLockoutDuration*** defines in minutes the delay before the login process can be started again.


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