Creating a new user

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The DDS wiki is a publicly accessible resource with unlimited read-only access. However, some functionality requires users to have a registered user profile.

You cannot create your own registered user profile. Contact the Project Manager for your project if you need a user creating.
  1. Log into your DDS wiki user account and then in the left menu click Special pages.
    Special pages.png
  2. In Login/create account, click Create account.
    Create account.png
  3. Provide a username, email address and optional real name, select Use a temporary random password and send it to the specified email address, and then click Create account.
    The Account created page is displayed and an email is sent to the new user.
    Account creation email.png