Do you need to create a new host user in DNN? We can help you do it.

We can create host users in DNN by registering the user from the front end and editing the dbo.Users table of the database

At Bobcares, we often receive requests to create users in DNN as part of our Server Management Services.

Today, let’s see how our Support Engineers easily create users for our customers.

What is a host user in DNN?

Before getting deep into creating a new host user in DNN, let’s at first see what is a host user in DNN.

Host users are also called super users. They are having all the permission within the DNN instance.

Basically, the host users are the users who can directly control the user account from the hosting account.

How to create new host user in DNN?

Recently, one of our customers approached us with the requirement to create a new host user.

Our Support Engineers had a precise look into his requirement and sorted it out to him.

This is how we did it for our DNN websites.

1. Initialy, we navigated to dbo.Portals table in the database and changed UserRegistration to 2.

2. Then, we restarted the site and application pool.

3. After that, we accessed the site and we saw the register option.

4. Then, we registered the new user.

5. Lastly, we went to the database table dbo.Users and found the user. Here, for the user that is newly registered the IsSuperUserfileld that is FALSE by default should be changed to TRUE so as to make it a superuser.

Thus, we created the host user efficiently for our customer.

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Conclusion

In short,  we can create a new host user in DNN by registering the user from the front end and editing the dbo.Users table of the database. In today’s write up we saw how effectively our Support Engineers created it for our customer.