Manage User Access

Managing access to the system with modules found in the system administration.

The comes ready to use with built-in user management. Data sources can differ, but the software is ready-to-run.

Types Of Access

There are different types of users in the software.These are divided into:

• Customer Users And

• Agent Users

Each user type has their own individual interface

User Type	interface
User (a.k.a agent)	Agent Interface (index.pl)
Customer User	Customer Interface (customer.pl)

User type sources are individually configurable. Depending on your system configuration you may be able to edit users, customer users, and their information, or only read such.

Supported Backends

Authentication Backend

For user authentication the system can use the following sources:

• Database

• Directory Service

• HTTP Basic Authentication (the basis for Singe-Sign-On)

• Radius server

Data Source

For maintainability it’s easier to use the Active Directory or other directory service for maintaining your data.

• Database

• Directory Service

Note

Synchronization of agent user data is possible but the data source is always a database table.

Customer user synchronization is not currently supported.

User Access Diagram

Here’s an example access concept.

        graph TD
user(Logged in User)
user --> role1(Role One)
user --> role2(Role Two)
role2 --> group1(Group One)
role1 --> group2(Group Two)
group1 --> permissions_rw
group2 --> permissions_owner
group2 --> permissions_ro
group2 --> permissions_note
role1 --> group3(Group Three)
group3 --> permissions_ro
group3 --> permissions_priority
    

A general rule is that a group is a resource, and a role provides permissions to a resource.

In the rest of this chapter we will discuss how to use groups and rolls to manage access to different parts of the system and to create teams.

• Manage Groups
  • Adding A Group
  • Assign A User To A Group
  • Assign A Customer User To A Group
• Manage Roles
  • Assign Roles To Groups
  • Assign Users To Roles
• Manage Users (Agents)
  • Adding A New User
  • Edit A User
• Manage Customers (Customer User)
  • Adding A Customer
  • Add A Customer User
• Manage User Backends
  • Authentication Backends
  • User Synchronization Backend
  • Customer User
  • Customer
• Synchronization Options
  • Filters and Options
  • Synchronizing Groups
  • Synchronizing Roles