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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 [[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. | System users can be managed by selecting the "Users" option from the left menu. | ||
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| See our [[user_monitoring|separate section on user monitoring]] to for more information on the different parameters. | See our [[user_monitoring|separate section on user monitoring]] to for more information on the different parameters. | ||
| - | ==== Manipulation ==== | + | ==== Modifying ==== |
| Through the user management, you can [[user_config|add, modify and delete user accounts]]. | Through the user management, you can [[user_config|add, modify and delete user accounts]]. | ||
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| ==== Tracking ==== | ==== Tracking ==== | ||
| - | User activities are tracked in PMA.core, so you can retrospectively find out who look at what slides when. | + | User activities are tracked in PMA.core, so you can retrospectively find out who looked at which slides and when. |
| - | Similarly, we keep track of what happens with an account itself. This is called audit trailing. It means that we don't only know when you logged into PMA.core, but also when you changed your password or email address. | + | 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. |
| - | Scary? Perhaps a little bit. In practice, we find all this surveillance 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"//. | + | 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"//. |
| See our [[user_monitoring|separate section on user monitoring]] to for more information on the different parameters. | See our [[user_monitoring|separate section on user monitoring]] to for more information on the different parameters. | ||
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| ==== External user directories ==== | ==== External user directories ==== | ||
| - | Are you deploying PMA.core in a large organization? Do your users 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. | + | 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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