Managing Users and User Groups

Users are people who administer the Web site, create content, or publish content. Without users, the Web site would be blank. In Ektron, you can add, edit, and delete users to and from the application through the Settings folder in the Workarea.

Every Ektron user belongs to a User Group. When you create a user, the user is added to the Everyone group by default. User groups are used when creating permissions and an approval chain for content folders. User groups can be departments in your company (Human Resources, Sales, Engineering) or indicate a user’s role (Publishers, Administrators, Editors, and so on).

IMPORTANT: If your system uses the Active Directory Integration Feature, proceed to Active Directory to learn about user management functions. This chapter only applies to systems that do not use Active Directory Integration. If your system uses LDAP Authentication, proceed to Using LDAP with Ektron. Some functionality in this chapter does apply to LDAP. The LDAP chapter explains which information is applied.

NOTE: Only members of the Administrators User Group and those defined in the Manage Members for Role: User Admin screen can view, add, or edit users and user groups.

Accessing the Users and User Groups Folders

All user and user group information is accessible from the Workarea.

To access the user folder in Ektron, navigate to Workarea > Settings > Users. The View Users screen appears. From this screen, you can add, edit, and delete users.

To access the user group folder in Ektron, navigate to Workarea > Settings > User Groups. The View User Groups screen appears. From this screen, you can add, edit, and delete user groups.