Community Building with ChatSpace Server Manual

Grant status—an administrator can activate moderator status for him or
herself. The administrator also can also bump up a member’s status
permanently or temporarily to operator or administrator.
Set a member profile to private—an administrator can set a member’s
profile so that only that member and an administrator can view the
profile.
Allow Administrators to Cloak—by selecting this option in the Advanced
dialog of the Configuration Tool’s Security tab, you can set administrator
names to be invisible in any room that an administrator enters, after you
enter that command. Your user name does not disappear from any room
you are currently in, but if you leave the room, then go back in, your user
name is not visible.
Passwords
As the administrator, you can configure passwords for members and rooms.
Member’s passwords
A member is automatically provided with a password when added to the
community. If the system is so configured, the password is automatically
emailed to the member when the account is created. By default, the
member’s nickname is the password until the member changes it.
As the administrator, you can change a member’s password. For example,
you could do this if the member forgot his or her password. The password can
either be changed from a client or from the Configuration Tool.
To change a member’s password from a client window:
1. Click the Member Profile button.
2. When prompted, enter the nickname for the member.
The Profile is displayed in a dialog box.
3. Enter the new password in the Password field.
4. Click Save.
5. Send the new password to the member via P2P chat or email.
In the Configuration Tool, you can only reset the password to the member’s
nickname:
1. Access the Configuration Tool.
2. Access the Members tab.
3. Highlight the member’s nickname from the member’s list.
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