User types
Types of users:
- Admin
- Regular
- Portal
- API
- System
Admin
Admin has full access to the system. Admin users can create and remove other users, manage access roles, teams, portals, etc.
There can be multiple admin users in the system. The admin can create another admin users at Administration > Users.
Regular
Regular users have access only to scopes allowed by Roles. Regular users can edit their own user (if allowed by roles) except the following fields: User Name, Emails, Teams, Roles, Is Active.
The admin can manage regular users at Administration > Users.
Portal
Portal users can access only the portal (or multiple portals). A portal user usually is linked with a specific Contact and Account. Access perimissions are defined by Portal Roles.
Portal users can by managed at Administration > Portal Users.
API
API users serve for accessing the system via API. Access perimissions are defined by Roles.
API users can by managed at Administration > API Users.
System
The system user serves for system purposes. It’s not possible to log in under the system user.
Sending access info
When a user (regular, admin or portal) is being created by the admin it’s possible to send an access info email for the user. On the create form you need to fill in the email address field, then the checkbox ‘Send access info’ will show up. It will initiate the access email sending after user creation. The access info email contains the link to the system and the username.
If the admin does not specify a password for the new user, it will prompt the user to specify their password once they follow the link in the access email. If the password is specified by the admin, it will be sent plain in the email. It’s not recommended that the password is specified by the admin because of security reasons.
The email template for access info emails can be changed at Administration > Template Manager > Access info.
Password recovery
Users can recover their access if they forgot their password by clicking the link/button ‘Forgot Password?’ on the login screen. The user needs to enter their email address and the password. If the entered data is correct, an email with a unique link will be sent to the user. This link has an expiration period.
Password recovery (for all, regular or admin users) can be disabled at Administration > Authentication.
For security reasons it’s recommended to check ‘Prevent email address exposure on password recovery form’ at Administration > Authentication.
See the config parameters for password recovery.
The email template for password recovery can be changed at Administration > Template Manager > Password Change Link.
The admin can send the password change link for a specific user at the user detail view > the dropdown next to the Edit button > Send Password Change Link.
User inactivating
To disable access for a specific user w/o deleting the record, the admin needs to uncheck the field ‘Is Active’.