[GeoNetwork-users] Help getting started with GeoNetwork

Hello,

Our organization recently installed GeoNetwork, primarily for use as a
metadata editor. We are having some difficulty getting started:

1) The user manual notes that the default admin-admin user name and
password should be changed after logging on, but does not describe how to
do so. Neither the "Change password" nor "Change user information" links
on the Administration page appear to allow for changing the user name.

2) We have attempted to add a new group following the procedure on page 68
of the user manual, but the new group does not appear as an option when
attempting to add users.

3) When we attempt to add users, we receive an error saying they must be
added to a group (refer to question 2).

4) We would like to create new metadata based on the ISO19139 template.
According to the User manual (starting on p. 29), we should be able to do
so by using the "New metadata" link. However, rather than presenting a
template dropdown, as described in the user manual, we get an error saying
"Please Insert metadata first." Since we want to start from scratch, we
don't have any metadata to insert. (We have tried Adding the iso19139/119
template from the Administration page, and get an "ok" pop-up, but that
doesn't seem to help.)

Any assistance would be appreciated, as we are currently completely stuck.

Thanks.

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Tracy Kugler, PhD takugler@anonymised.com
Research Project Manager - Terra Populus

612-626-3933
University of Minnesota
Minnesota Population Center
50 Willey Hall, 225 19th Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Hello,

Welcome to the GeoNetwork community.

Point 1 - Changing the password for the administrator is most important. To
change the admin usernmae you need to do an add and delete operation. Log in
as 'admin'. Create a new admin user e.g. 'MyAdmin'. (Make sure
'administrator' is selected as profile.) Log in as new admin e.g. 'MyAdmin',
and delete the user 'admin'.

Point 2 - I do not know why this would be. Can you provide more detail about
your process steps?

Point 3 - At least one group and optionally more must be selected
(highlighted) when adding a user.

Point 4 - A recent change means that all metadata templates needed must be
loaded before starting on the creation process. Previously many came
preloaded by default. In the 'Select schemas' box in the administration
page, select 'iso19139' and click 'Add templates'

Good luck!

Cheers,
Byron
LISAsoft

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