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 Siebel Security Guide > User Administration > Adding a User to the Siebel Database > 
Promoting a Contact to a Contact User
 
You can promote an existing contact to a contact user by assigning user credentials and a responsibility to a Person record (a contact). To promote an existing contact to a contact user 
- Log in as an administrator to a Siebel employee application.
 - Navigate to the Administration - User screen, and then the Persons view.
The Persons list appears. 
 - Select the record of the contact to promote.
 - Enter values for the User ID, Password, Responsibility, and New Responsibility fields, as described in Adding a New Contact User.
  
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