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 ====== Authentication in Greenstone ====== ====== Authentication in Greenstone ======
 The Greenstone software comes equipped with an authentication system. Users can "Register" in the system, and can then access protected parts of the library, such as remote collection editing, online document editing (greenstone 3) and protected collections. The Greenstone software comes equipped with an authentication system. Users can "Register" in the system, and can then access protected parts of the library, such as remote collection editing, online document editing (greenstone 3) and protected collections.
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 A special type of user called an "administrator" is able to manage users. Anyone can register as a user, but only administrators can assign groups to that user. Groups control which collections/activities a user is allowed access to. A special type of user called an "administrator" is able to manage users. Anyone can register as a user, but only administrators can assign groups to that user. Groups control which collections/activities a user is allowed access to.
  
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-<TABAREA tabs="Greenstone3,Greenstone2"> 
-<TAB> 
-To access this facility, click the **Login** button in the  
-upper right corner of the interface and enter your username and password (the default is "admin" 
-and "admin"). 
  
 For more information on security in Greenstone 3, refer to [[http://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:user_advanced:security|Security in Greenstone Collections]] For more information on security in Greenstone 3, refer to [[http://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:user_advanced:security|Security in Greenstone Collections]]
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-<TAB> 
-<!-- id:582 -->To access this facility, click the appropriate link on the front page. 
  
-</TAB></TABAREA> 
  
-<!-- id:583 -->The entry page gives information about each of the collections offered by the system.  
-Note that //all// collections are included—for there may be “private” ones that do not appear on the  
-Greenstone home page. With each is given its short name, full name, whether it is publicly displayed, 
- and whether or not it is running. Clicking a particular collection's abbreviation brings up information about  
-that collection, gathered from its collection configuration file and from other internal 
- structures created for that collection. If the collection is both public and running,  
-clicking the collection's full name (the second link) takes you to the collection itself. 
  
-<!-- id:585 -->The administrative facility also presents configuration information about  
-the installation and allows it to be modified. It facilitates examination of the error  
-logs that record internal errors, and the user logs that record usage. It enables a  
-specified user (or users) to authorize others to build collections and add new material  
-to existing ones. 
  
  
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 Authentication of users is done by requesting a user name and password. 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.    ***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).    * **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  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:gs3_user_management|Greenstone 3 User Management]]
   * [[en:user_advanced:gs2_user_management|Greenstone 2 User Management]]   * [[en:user_advanced:gs2_user_management|Greenstone 2 User Management]]
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 +===== Collection Security =====
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 +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.
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 +See the [[en:user_advanced:security|Security in Greenstone Collections]] page for more details about this.
  
 ===== Additional features ===== ===== Additional features =====
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   * The [[http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&amp;p=about&amp;c=authen-e|Formatting and Authentication]] demo collection uses authentication.   * The [[http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&amp;p=about&amp;c=authen-e|Formatting and Authentication]] demo collection uses authentication.
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