MEGA Administration : Administrator Guide : Managing Users : Introduction to User Management
   
Introduction to User Management
 
Users and User Groups Supplied
User: Definition
User Group: Definition
Person Properties
Name
Image
E-mail address
Telephone number and initials
Data language
Default library
User writing access area and writing access area at creation
Reading access area
Login
Belongs to a person group
Person Group Properties
Name
User group writing access area and writing access area at creation
User group reading access area
Login
Default connection group
Person group types
Data language
Login Properties
User code
Login Holder
Repository access definition mode
User repository access rights
Inactive user (Status)
Products accessible on the license (Command Line)
Authentication mode
Windows identifier
LDAP server
Profile
Administrator profile
*Only a user with Administrator type profile has management rights. In particular, he/she is the only user who can modify user characteristics. To grant administrator access rights to a user, see "Configuring a Login".
User management involves the following concepts:
• users
• persons
• person groups
• logins
• business roles
• profiles
• object UI access
• general UI access
For information on:
• managing data writing access, see "Managing Data Writing Access", page 297
• managing data reading access, see "Managing Data Reading Access", page 321
The following points are detailed here:
• introduction:
• "Users and User Groups Supplied"
• "User: Definition"
• "User Group: Definition"
• properties:
• "Person Properties"
• "Person Group Properties"
• "Login Properties"
• access:
• "Accessing the User Management Pages (Web Front-End)"
• "Accessing User Management and UI Access Management Folders (Windows Front-End)"
• characteristics:
• "Viewing Person Characteristics"
• "Viewing Person Group Characteristics"
• "Viewing Login Characteristics"