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Users and User groups can be used to control access to your website. |
Users and User groups are special types of Content. This means you creat= e and edit them in the same way as you manage all other Content in your sys= tem.
However, you cannot access Users and User groups from the normal Content= tree. Instead, you have to use the Admin Panel.
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User groups are containers for User account Content items.
A User group's Fields contain only the group's name and description. Use= r accounts can be assigned to it by creating a new User Content item as a c= hild of the User group.
1. In the Navigation hub click Admin panel and select Users.
You can see the list of current User groups in the Sub-items table.
2. Click the Create option in the Acti= on bar and select User group.
3. Enter the name and description for the group and cli= ck Publish.
=20When you are inside Admin Panel's Users tab, you can navigate User = groups and Users the same way as you do with other Content. The Content tre= e then shows, instead of the regular Content of the website, only User grou= p and User Content items.
User accounts, like User groups, are simply Content items of a specific = Content Type.
1. In the Navigation hub click Admin panel and select Users.
2. Navigate to the group in which you want to create th= e new User.
3. Click the Create option in the Acti= on bar and select User.
4. Fill in the User information and click Publi= sh.
=20In a User account Content item you have the following fields to fill:
Users and User groups are essential elements of the permissions system. = You can use them to assign Roles which define permissions for any aspect of= the website.
It is possible to give permissions directly to individual Users. However= , for efficiency and performance reasons it is good practice to assign Role= s only to User groups. This is why, when planning the division of Users int= o groups, you should think in advance what permissions you will need to gra= nt them.
See Managing permiss= ions to learn more about access control in eZ.