User Management component includes the functionality that facilitates managing user account and user roles. The key functionalities of this component include:
Figure: User Management User Interface.
You may add new user accounts, modify existing accounts or delete existing account with this user interface.
To add a user, you must provide the user name and the password.
You can modify the user account and change the password for a user. You cannot change the user name of an existing user.
You may also delete the existing users that you added. Note: You cannot delete the admin user account from the system.
Figure: Roles Management User Interface.
You can add new user roles, modify existing roles or delete existing roles with this user interface.
To add a new role, you must provide the role name. You can optionally select the set of users that belongs to that role. You may also select the system permissions for the new role, in the second step of add new role wizard.
You can modify the user roles and add/remove users to the role or add/remove system permissions for the role.
You may also delete the existing roles that you added. Note: You cannot delete the admin role from the system.
Figure: External User Sotre User Interface.
You can plug in an external user store and use the existing users and roles you have already configured in third party user stores. User manager supports following forms of external user stores.