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--- en:user:authentication [2018/08/27 01:54] – [Usage information] kjdon
+++ en:user:authentication [2018/08/27 01:55] – [Authentication in Greenstone] 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">
-<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]]
-</TAB>
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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.