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--- user_management [2022/03/07 16:15] – yves
+++ user_management [2023/11/21 16:32] (current) – chris
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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.
-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]].
+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.
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 You can access user management in PMA.core by either clicking on the menu option in the left navigation bar:
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+{{:user_nav2.png?nolink|}}
 Or by clicking on "Manage users" from the dashboard:
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+{{:user_nav1.png?nolink|}}
 Either option takes you to an overview table that comprises all currently registered users:
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+{{::user.png|}}
 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.
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+See our [[user_monitoring|separate section on user monitoring]] to for more information on the different parameters.
+==== Modifying ====
-  * The "Last login" column displays each user's last successful login date.
+Through the user management, you can [[user_config|add, modify and delete user accounts]].
-  * 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:
+We also built in a couple of special features with respect to [[user_config|password management and handling]].
-{{ :user2.png?nolink&600 |}}
+==== Tracking ====
-To add a user click on the "Add" button on the top right of the table.
+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.
-The following fields can be defined for each user:
+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.
+==== External user directories ====
+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.
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