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><TITLE
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>Create a Bugzilla Account</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="The Bugzilla Guide - 3.6.1
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Release"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Using Bugzilla"
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HREF="using.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Introduction"
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HREF="using-intro.html"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="Anatomy of a Bug"
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HREF="bug_page.html"></HEAD
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><TR
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><TH
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>The Bugzilla Guide - 3.6.1
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Release</TH
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><A
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>Prev</A
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></TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="80%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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>Chapter 5. Using Bugzilla</TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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><A
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>Next</A
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><H1
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><A
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NAME="myaccount"
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>5.2. Create a Bugzilla Account</A
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></H1
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><P
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>If you want to use Bugzilla, first you need to create an account.
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Consult with the administrator responsible for your installation of
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Bugzilla for the URL you should use to access it. If you're
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test-driving Bugzilla, use this URL:
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<A
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HREF="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-3.6-branch/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-3.6-branch/</A
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>.
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</P
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><P
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><LI
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> On the home page <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>index.cgi</TT
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>, click the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Open a new Bugzilla account"</SPAN
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> link, or the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"New Account"</SPAN
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> link available in the footer of pages.
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Now enter your email address, then click the <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Send"</SPAN
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>
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button.
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</P
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><DIV
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CLASS="note"
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ALT="Note"></TD
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><TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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VALIGN="TOP"
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><P
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> If none of these links is available, this means that the
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administrator of the installation has disabled self-registration.
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This means that only an administrator can create accounts
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for other users. One reason could be that this installation is
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private.
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</P
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></TD
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></TR
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></TABLE
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></DIV
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CLASS="note"
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WIDTH="25"
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ALIGN="CENTER"
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VALIGN="TOP"
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SRC="../images/note.gif"
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HSPACE="5"
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ALT="Note"></TD
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><TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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VALIGN="TOP"
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><P
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> Also, if only some users are allowed to create an account on
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the installation, you may see these links but your registration
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may fail if your email address doesn't match the ones accepted
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by the installation. This is another way to restrict who can
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access and edit bugs in this installation.
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</P
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></TD
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></TR
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></TABLE
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></DIV
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Within moments, and if your registration is accepted, you should
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receive an email to the address you provided, which contains your
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login name (generally the same as the email address), and two URLs
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with a token (a random string generated by the installation) to
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confirm, respectively cancel, your registration. This is a way to
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prevent users from abusing the generation of user accounts, for
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instance by entering inexistent email addresses, or email addresses
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which do not belong to them.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> By default, you have 3 days to confirm your registration. Past this
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timeframe, the token is invalidated and the registration is
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automatically canceled. You can also cancel this registration sooner
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by using the appropriate URL in the email you got.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> If you confirm your registration, Bugzilla will ask you your real name
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(optional, but recommended) and your password, which must be between
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3 and 16 characters long.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Now all you need to do is to click the <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Log In"</SPAN
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>
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link in the footer at the bottom of the page in your browser,
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enter your email address and password you just chose into the
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login form, and click the <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Log in"</SPAN
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> button.
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</P
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></LI
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></OL
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><P
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> You are now logged in. Bugzilla uses cookies to remember you are
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logged in so, unless you have cookies disabled or your IP address changes,
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you should not have to log in again during your session.
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</P
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Prev</A
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>Home</A
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Next</A
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></TR
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><TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Introduction</TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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><A
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>Up</A
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></TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Anatomy of a Bug</TD
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></BODY
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