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--- en:user:authentication [2018/08/27 01:55] – [Authentication in Greenstone] kjdon
+++ en:user:authentication [2018/08/27 01:58] – [Collection Security] kjdon
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 Authentication of users is done by requesting a user name and password.
-The current list of groups is as follows:
+The current list of predefined groups is as follows:
    ***administrator**: Gives permission to access and change site configuration and user accounts.
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    * **all-collections-editor**: Gives permission to create new personal and global collections and edit all collections. Also gives permission to use the Collector (Greenstone 2).
+In addition, any custom group name can be used.
 When Greenstone is installed, there is one user called //admin// who belongs
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   * [[en:user_advanced:gs3_user_management|Greenstone 3 User Management]]
   * [[en:user_advanced:gs2_user_management|Greenstone 2 User Management]]
+===== Collection Security =====
+Collections can be made public or private. Additionally they can be password protected so that only users who belong to specified groups can access them. Or collections can be public with the exception of a few specified documents in that colleciton, which require a username and password to access.
+See the [[en:user_advanced:security|Security in Greenstone Collections]] page for more details about this.
 ===== Additional features =====