+# A new user record is not set up, and not active. An inactive user cannot create or update any object, but can read Arvados objects that the user account has permission to read (such as publicly available items readable by the "anonymous" user).
+# Using Workbench or the "command line":{{site.baseurl}}/install/cheat_sheet.html , the admin invokes @setup@ on the user.
+If "Users.AutoSetupNewUsers":config.html is true, this happens automatically during user creation, so in that case new users start at step (3).
+The setup method adds the user to the "All users" group.
+If "Users.AutoSetupNewUsersWithRepository":config.html is true, a new git repo is created for the user.
+If "Users.AutoSetupNewUsersWithVmUUID":config.html is set, the user is given login permission to the specified shell node
+# User is set up, but still not yet active. The browser presents "user agreements":#user_agreements (if any) and then invokes the user @activate@ method on the user's behalf.
+# The user @activate@ method checks that all "user agreements":#user_agreements are signed. If so, or there are no user agreements, the user is activated.
+# The user is active. User has normal access to the system.
+# From steps (1) and (3), an admin user can directly update the @is_active@ flag. This bypasses enforcement that user agreements are signed.
+If the user was not yet set up (still in step (1)), it adds the user to the "All users", but bypasses creating default git repository and assigning default VM access.
+# An existing user can have their access revoked using @unsetup@ and "ownership reassigned.":reassign-ownership.html .
+Unsetup removes the user from the "All users" group and makes them inactive, preventing them from re-activating themselves.
+"Ownership reassignment":reassign-ownership.html moves any objects or permission from the old user to a new user and deletes any credentials for the old user.