Beginning Drupal 8

Chapter 3 ■ Creating and Managing Users
Figure 3-1. Account settings page
To access the settings page choose Manage ➤ Configuration (assuming you are logged in as the
administrator), and, on the Configuration page, locate the section titled “People.” Click the Account Settings
link, which will take you to the page that you will use to set various configuration parameters for user
accounts:
• Contact settings: you may enable individual users on the site to have a personal
contact form. This feature is enabled by default; to disable it, simply uncheck
the box.
• Anonymous users: the name used to identify anonymous users: In most cases, leaving
the default value is appropriate, which is “Anonymous.”
• Administrator role: what role to associate with administrator capabilities: The role
selected becomes the default role assigned as the administrator of new modules that
you install on the system. Using the default value “administrator” is an appropriate
action. (I will cover creating roles later in this chapter.)
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