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dlents-coleyfederal - 8/24/2011 5:01:52 PM
   
New user - Enabled vs Waiting for approval
What is the purpose of the 'waiting for approval' field? If a new user registers an account they are not able to login to the system at that time. Although, if that user has the 'enabled' field set to true they are then able to do so, but the 'waiting for approval' field is still false. If a new user is still waiting for approval it would seem as though they should not be able to access the system whether they are enabled or not. What is the significance of having this field?

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kentico_michal - 8/29/2011 3:52:47 AM
   
RE:New user - Enabled vs Waiting for approval
Hello,

The field UserWaitingForApproval makes sense when user’s registration requires administrator’s approval [Site manager -> Settings -> Membership -> Registration requires administrator's approval].

In that case, when an user registers, the UserWaitingForApproval is set to true to indicate that that this user has not been enabled yet and needs to be approved.

Once an administrator approves the user, the UserWaitingForApproval is changed to false and the UserEnabled field is set to true.

And moreover, you are right, the UserWaitingForApproval is not taken into account when users try to log in. Only the UserEnabled field of UserInfo property is taken into consideration.

Best regards,
Michal Legen