Users and groups

1. The users
   1. Create a user
   2. Modify or delete a user
2. User groups

The users

Important
Ametys , users can be managed by different data sources (LDAP, MySQL... ). Each user is associated with a population. The population is a set of users from the same data source.
Ametys can be used to manage several types of users:
- Back-office users who have access to the back-office and are associated with a rights profile
- Front-office users who have an account on the current site and can access restricted pages if they are authorized to do so.

The Users tool lets you create, modify and search for users. To open the tool, select it from the Users, groups and rights tab, Users button.

Create a user

To add new users, go to the User tab. Click on the New user button .

Select the user population and directory. For example, you can create a site-side user, i.e. a user with login access to dedicated pages on the website.

Fill in the fields, then click on Ok to finalize creation.

Modify or delete a user

Once you've selected a user from the list, you can modify the associated information by clicking on the Modify ribbon button. You can also delete the selected user by choosing the Delete button.

The ability to create/modify/delete users requires two conditions to be met:
- The current user must have the necessary rights.
- The data source managing users must not be read-only.
For example, a source of type LDAP is always read-only. If CMS are managed by such a source, then it will not be possible to perform these operations.

User groups

When you need to manage a large number of users and set up fine-tuned rights management, it's customary to use user groups. You can easily assign one or more profiles to a user group.

This tool is accessed via the User groups button .

The central interface consists of two parts:

• The left-hand column lists available user groups
• The right-hand column lists the users belonging to the selected group.

Ribbon buttons perform the following actions:

Unlike site users, site groups cannot be partitioned between different sites.
It is therefore not advisable to use partitioned site users if you also use site groups. In the opposite case, two different site users with the same login cannot be differentiated by site group management.

The ability to create/modify/delete groups requires two conditions to be met:
- The current user must have the necessary rights.
- The data source managing the groups must not be read-only.
For example, a source of type LDAP is always read-only. If the CMS groups are managed by such a source, then it will not be possible to perform these operations.

A tool for viewing rights is available in the "User" menu. For more information, please consult this page.