Working with users
In this series of tasks, we will explore Drupal's user functionality, which allows you to add users to your site and specify the functionality that they can use. We will also discuss the concept of roles, which allow you to create a group of permissions that can easily be assigned to users. Finally, we will discuss how to assign roles to the users.
Allowing user registration
In this section, we'll set up the user account process on the website.
Goal
Allow users to register on the website so that they can access additional content that is not available to unregistered visitors.
Drupal contains a sophisticated system of user management and permissions that allows you to easily control who can access your website and what they can do on the website.
Steps
In this section we're going to configure default Account settings for our site, as follows:
Settings related to user registration are controlled from the Account settings configuration screen, which is available by selecting Configuration...