6.17. Managing users

If you want to add a user to your team, see the Team management.

6.17.1. Create new user group

A dialog for creation of a new user group presented on Pic. 6.218. To open this window select “Control panel” (see Pic. 6.6.) in the main menu (see item 1 in Pic. 6.5.). From the control panel (see Pic. 6.10.) go to the “Groups” page and click Create.

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Pic. 6.218. “Create new group” dialog

In “Create new group” dialog enter full name and group name (short name), if necessary enter a group description, set group members and global permissions (see below) and click “Create”. Set “New users” flag for a group to automatically assign new user to it.

Note

A name for a group should contain only letters and numbers.

6.17.2. Global permissions

While creating or editing a user or user group, you can set global permissions concerning Web GIS a whole:

  • creating users and groups of users, managing access permissions;

  • manage spacial reference systems of the Web GIS;

  • manage CORS settings.

These global permissions are separate from access permissions applied to particular resources (vector and raster layers, resource groups, services, Web Maps etc). The latter regulate working with resources, while global permissions allow users to manage Web GIS functions.

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Pic. 6.219. Setting up global permissions for a group

Warning

If you include Guest to a group that has global permissions, anyone will be able to access Control panel even without logging in.

6.17.3. Create new user

A dialog for creation of a new user is presented on Pic. 6.220.. To open this window select “Control panel” (see Pic. 6.6.) in the main menu (see item 1 in Pic. 6.5.). From the control panel (see Pic. 6.10.) go to the “Users” page and click Create.

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Pic. 6.220. “Create new user” dialog

In “Create new user” dialog enter the following information:

  • Full user name (e.g. John Smith)

  • Login – user login (e.g. smith)

  • Password

  • Group(-s) user belongs to (select from a dropdown menu. If the required group is absent you need to create a new one (see Create new user group)).

  • Permissions - global permissions concerning Web GIS as a whole

  • Interface language for the user

You can add some more information about the user in the “Description” field.

Then click “Create”.

Note

The password is limited in length in the range of 5-25 characters. Login can have symbols of the Latin alphabet, numbers and an underscore, but must begin necessarily with a letter.

You can set up access permissions for particular users and groups of users.

6.17.4. Disable or delete users

In the main menu (see item 1 in Pic. 6.5.) open the Control panel (see Pic. 6.6.) and select “Users”. Each user has “Edit” and “Delete” icons on the right end of the line.

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Pic. 6.221. User list

On the editing page you can modify properties of the user and disable the user. Tick “Disabled” and press Save.

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Pic. 6.222. Disabling the user

Users that are turned off in this fashion do not count in the user limit of your plan. It allows you to enable various users as needed, all within the limits of your current plan.

If you need to delete a user permanently, you can do so by pressing the “Delete” icon in the user list (see Pic. 6.221.) and confirming the action in the pop-up window.

Alternatively, you can open the editing page and press Delete.

6.17.5. Update user password

To update user password you can use administrative interface. To do it select “Control panel” (see Pic. 6.6.) in the main menu (see item 1 in Pic. 6.5.). In control panel (see Pic. 6.10.) select “List” option in “Users” block and click pencil icon near the user you want to update password for (see Pic. 6.223.). In opened window in “Password” field select “Assign new” in the dropdown menu, fill in a new password and click Save button.

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Pic. 6.223. User editting window

Also there is an option to change user password using command line:

Warning

Setting a password using a command line is not safe.

env/bin/nextgisweb --config config.ini change_password user password
env/bin/nextgisweb --config config.ini change_password user password

Note

The password is limited in length in the range of 5-25 characters.