The default user permissions in the User Sign Up feature only includes "UI: Base UI Privileges". If a user signs up with just this simple permission, the only thing they will be able to do is login, change their password, and logout. Figure 14.7, “User Interface with only the Base UI Privileges”, shows the interface a user would see after logging in with only the base UI privileges.
To provide some sensible default permissions, click on the Server under the Administration section of the Nexus menu and scroll down to the User Sign Up section of the Server settings. Make sure that the selected default roles for new users contain some ability to browse, search, and view repositories.
Warning
Figure 14.8, “Selecting Default Roles for New Users” shows a default User Sign Up role containing the Nexus Deployment Role. If your server were available to the public this wouldn’t be a wise default role as it would allow anyone to sign up for an account, activate an account, and start publishing artifacts to hosted repositories with little or no oversight. Such a default role may only make sense if you are running an internal, corporate instance of Nexus Professional and you are comfortable granting any developer in the organization deployment permissions.
