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--- en:user:authentication [2018/08/27 00:17] – kjdon
+++ en:user:authentication [2018/08/27 01:02] – kjdon
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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.
 <TABAREA tabs="Greenstone3,Greenstone2">
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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.
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-===== <!-- id:599 -->User management =====
+=====User management =====
-<!-- id:600 -->Greenstone incorporates an authentication scheme which can be used to control
+Greenstone incorporates an authentication scheme which can be used to control
 access to certain facilities. This is used to restrict the people
 who are allowed to access certain administration pages and allow for private collections/documents.
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 Authentication is done by requesting a user name and password.
-<!-- id:601 -->From the administration page users can be listed,
+From the administration page users can be listed,
  new ones added, and old ones deleted.
 The ability to do this is of course also protected:
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 collections and alter (and delete) existing ones.
-<!-- id:602 -->When Greenstone is installed, there is one user called //admin// who belongs
+When Greenstone is installed, there is one user called //admin// who belongs
 to both groups. The password for this user is set during the installation process (If you
 did not set a password during installation, the admin login will default to
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 the Greenstone file structure (see the //Greenstone Digital Library Developer's Guide//).
+  * [[en:user_advanced:gs3_user_management|Greenstone 3 User Management]]
+  * [[en:user_advanced:gs2_user_management|Greenstone 2 User Management]]
+  *
+===== Additional features =====
+Once you have authenticated users, you can use features such as:
+  * [[en:user:user_comments|User Comments]] - if this is enabled for a collection, logged in users can add comments to a document.
+  * [[en:user_advanced:web_editor|Online Document Editing]] - In greenstone 3 you can enable web editing for documents. Here authenticated users (with collection editing privileges) can modify the metadata or text content of a document.
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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.
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