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| PMA.core works with user accounts. Users can be marked as "Administrative", in which case they can log into PMA.core directly and administer settings for themselves and for others. | PMA.core works with user accounts. Users can be marked as "Administrative", in which case they can log into PMA.core directly and administer settings for themselves and for others. | ||
| - | Users that do not have the "Administrative" flag checked, cannot access PMA.core directly; they interface with [[rootdir|root-directories]] and other PMA.core content via downstream applications like PMA.slidebox, PMA.studio, PMA.control, and others. In specific scenarios, you can use these to [[user_service_accounts|emulate service accounts]]. | + | Users that do not have the "Administrative" flag checked cannot access PMA.core directly; they interface with [[rootdir|root-directories]] and other PMA.core content via [[https://www.pathomation.com/products|downstream applications]] like [[https://www.pathomation.com/pma.slidebox|PMA.slidebox]], [[https://www.pathomation.com/pma.studio|PMA.studio]], or [[https://www.pathomation.com/pma.control|PMA.control]]. In specific scenarios, you can use these to [[user_service_accounts|emulate service accounts]]. |
| - | This section discusses how users can be managed within | + | This section discusses how users can be managed within PMA.core. |
| System users can be managed by selecting the "Users" option from the left menu. | System users can be managed by selecting the "Users" option from the left menu. | ||
| ==== Overview ==== | ==== Overview ==== | ||
| + | You can access user management in PMA.core by either clicking on the menu option in the left navigation bar: | ||
| + | {{:user_nav2.png?nolink|}} | ||
| - | {{ :user.png?nolink |}} | + | Or by clicking on "Manage users" from the dashboard: |
| - | * The "Last login" column displays each user's last successful login date. | + | {{:user_nav1.png?nolink|}} |
| - | * 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: | + | Either option takes you to an overview table that comprises all currently registered users: |
| - | {{ :user2.png?nolink&600 |}} | + | {{::user.png|}} |
| - | To add a user click on the "Add" button on the top right of the table. | + | Clicking on a user name takes you to a detail view where you can find out lots more information about the account, as well as find out what they've been up to. |
| - | {{ :user3.png?nolink&400 |}} | + | {{::user_details.png?400|}} |
| - | The following fields can be defined for each user: | + | See our [[user_monitoring|separate section on user monitoring]] to for more information on the different parameters. |
| - | {{ :user4.png?nolink&400 |}} | + | ==== Modifying ==== |
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| + | Through the user management, you can [[user_config|add, modify and delete user accounts]]. | ||
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| + | We also built in a couple of special features with respect to [[user_config|password management and handling]]. | ||
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| + | ==== Tracking ==== | ||
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| + | User activities are tracked in PMA.core, so you can retrospectively find out who looked at which slides and when. | ||
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| + | Similarly, we keep track of what happens with an account itself. This is called audit trailing. It means that you don't only know when a user logged into PMA.core, but also when they changed their password or email address. | ||
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| + | Scary? Perhaps a little bit. In practice, all this surveillance is mostly used for troubleshooting and helping users, as in //"we think you had caps lock on when you were trying to log in earlier today"// or "//you didn't get an email because you typed in @patho**mm**ation.com instead of @patho*m*ation.com"//. | ||
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| + | See our [[user_monitoring|separate section on user monitoring]] to for more information on the different parameters. | ||
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| + | ==== External user directories ==== | ||
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| + | Are you deploying PMA.core in a large organization? Does your userbase fluctuate frequently? In that case it's useful to look into our [[settings_server|coupling with external user directories]], including LDAP and OAuth 2.0 protocols. | ||
| - | {{ :user5.png?nolink&600 |}} | ||
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