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| ===== Configure user accounts ===== | ===== Configure user accounts ===== | ||
| + | ==== Add new user accounts ==== | ||
| + | To add a user click on the "Add" button on the top right of the table. | ||
| + | {{ :user3.png?nolink&400 |}} | ||
| - | * The "Last login" column displays each user's last successful login date. | + | The following fields can be defined for each user: |
| - | * The "Local" column indicates whether or not a user is managed by PMA.core or LDAP. | + | |
| - | * The "Administrator" column indicates whether or not a user can access PMA.core. Non administrator users cannot perform system management tasks within PMA.core. | + | |
| - | * The "Can Annotate" column indicates whether or not a user is allowed to create and edit annotations. | + | |
| - | * The "Suspended" column indicates whether or not a user is currently allowed to login to either PMA.core or downstream applications. A suspended login is treated as invalid by the system. | + | |
| - | * The "Locked out" column indicates whether or not a user is currently locked out due to consecutive invalid log in attempts. | + | |
| - | * Clicking on a user's email address launches your default email client. | + | |
| - | * Clicking on a user's login name displays a summary of the user's activity. | + | |
| - | Next to each entry the following buttons appear: | + | {{ :user4.png?nolink&400 |}} |
| - | {{ :user2.png?nolink&600 |}} | + | ^ Field ^ Description ^ |
| + | |First Name | The user's first name | | ||
| + | |Last Name| The user's last name| | ||
| + | |Login| The username, it must be unique irrespective of its casing, if "UsEr" exists "uSeR" cannot exist| | ||
| + | |Password| The user's password| | ||
| + | |Confirm Password| Insert the password again for confirmation| | ||
| + | |Generate Password (button)|Auto-generates a password, according to [[settings_server#password_generation|pre-set conditions]]| | ||
| + | |Email| The user's email. Must be unique if the corresponding [[settings_server|server setting]] is enabled | | ||
| + | |Administrator| Whether the user is an administrator, can login to the administrator UI and use the [[https://docs.pathomation.com/pma.core.api/#/Admin|Admin API]]| | ||
| + | |Can Annotate| Whether the user can create new annotations on slides| | ||
| + | |Suspended| Whether the user is suspended, i.e. cannot authenticate and perform any action on the server| | ||
| + | ==== Modify user accounts ==== | ||
| - | ==== Add new user accounts ==== | + | After creating a user you can click on the //Edit// button to modify an existing user. The page and fields are exactly the same as the //Create User// page (see previous paragraph). The only difference in this page is the ability **to leave the password/confirm password fields empty,** and the server will not change the user's password. |
| - | ==== Modify user accounts ==== | + | ==== Other actions ==== |
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| + | {{ ::user_actions.jpg?600 |}} | ||
| + | Clicking on the down arrow in the user's list page you can see additional actions that can be performed on a user. Those actions are: | ||
| + | * Remove: This action will delete the user | ||
| + | * Remind password: Will send an email to the user with his password | ||
| + | * Reset password: This will set a new random generated password for this user and then sent an email containing the new password | ||
| + | * Unlock: Unlocks a locked out user, after too many unsuccessful login attempts [[user_states|(see user states)]] | ||
| - | ==== Delete user accounts ==== | ||
| ==== Audit trailing ==== | ==== Audit trailing ==== | ||
| + | Clicking on the Audit Trail tab of a user will display a chronological list of all changes performed to a user, as well as all changes performed to the access list of that user [[access_control|(see access control lists)]] | ||
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| + | This list contains the following useful info about a change in chronological order: | ||
| + | * ActionType: The type of a change i.e. whether the user was created, updated or deleted | ||
| + | * EventDate: The date the change occurred | ||
| + | * UserLogin: The user that performed the change | ||
| + | * List of user's field: The previous value for this user, and the changed value | ||
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| + | {{ ::user_audit_trail.jpg?600 |}} | ||
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| + | ==== Activity Log ==== | ||
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| + | Clicking on the Activity Log tab will display a comprehensive list of all activities performed by the user over time. There are four sections in this page each displaying the following information: | ||
| + | * System Access Log: The authentication's performed by the user, successful or not. If it was successfull the session id will be also displayed | ||
| + | * Slide Access Log: All slides that were accessed/viewed by the user along with the date, slide path and name | ||
| + | * Form Access Log: The form's and form data that were accessed by the user | ||
| + | * Latest events: all logged events for this user [[report_events|(see events)]] | ||
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| + | {{ :user_activity_log.jpg?600 |}} | ||
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| + | === ACL ==== | ||
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| + | Clicking on the ACL tab will display a list of all [[access_control|root directories]] with private access and whether this user has access to each one of those. You can also [[rootdir_security#access_control_lists|grant or remove access]] to a particular root directory for this user. | ||
| + | {{ ::user_acl.jpg?600 |}} | ||
user_config.1646673059.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/03/07 20:10 by yves
