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r3326 r3357 31 31 <title>Account administration</title> 32 32 33 < sect1 id="user_administration.permissions">34 <title> Permission system</title>33 <important> 34 <title>Read <link linkend="project_permission"><xref linkend="project_permission" /></link></title> 35 35 <para> 36 Users get their general permissions from the role they belong to and more item specific 37 permissions from shared items in groups and projects they are members in. An user has 38 always full permissions on it's own items. 36 This chapter contains importants information about the 37 permission system BASE uses. It is essential that an 38 administrator knows how this works to be able to set up 39 user, groups and roles smoothly. 39 40 </para> 40 <para> 41 As an administrator you only have to think of what kinds of tasks an user is going to 42 work with and give he/she the appropriate role for that. The rest of the permissions 43 should the user normally get from the projects he/she is a member in. 44 </para> 45 <para> 46 More information about the permission system and working with projects can be found in 47 <xref linkend="project_permission" /> 48 </para> 49 </sect1> 41 </important> 50 42 51 43 <sect1 id="user_administration.users"> … … 63 55 <title>Edit user</title> 64 56 <para> 65 The pop-up window where information and settings for a n user can be edithas three57 The pop-up window where information and settings for a user can be edited has three 66 58 tabs, one for the account related, one with information about the user and one that 67 59 shows the user's memberships. 68 60 </para> 69 61 <sect3 id="user_administration.users.edit.properties"> 70 71 72 <para>These are the properties for a nuser account.</para>62 <title>Properties</title> 63 <helptext external_id="user.edit" title="Edit user account"> 64 <para>These are the properties for a user account.</para> 73 65 <variablelist> 74 66 <varlistentry> … … 79 71 <para> 80 72 The full name of the user that is associated with the account. 81 (Required)82 73 </para> 83 74 </listitem> … … 89 80 <listitem> 90 81 <para> 91 A login name to use when logging in to the account. (Required) 82 A login name to use when logging in to the account. The login 83 must be unique among all users. 92 84 </para> 93 85 </listitem> … … 101 93 <listitem> 102 94 <para> 103 An id that is used to identify the user outside BASE. (Optional) 95 An id that is used to identify the user outside BASE (optional). 96 If a valus is given it must be unique among all users. 104 97 </para> 105 98 </listitem> … … 125 118 <para> 126 119 Retype the password that is written in 127 <guilabel>New password</guilabel> 128 . 120 <guilabel>New password</guilabel>. 129 121 </para> 130 122 </listitem> … … 137 129 </term> 138 130 <listitem> 139 <para>Set dis c quota for the account.(Required)</para>131 <para>Set disk quota for the account.</para> 140 132 </listitem> 141 133 </varlistentry> … … 149 141 <para> 150 142 Set this if the account should belong to a group with specified 151 quota . With this set the user's possibilities to save items to152 dis cwill also depend on how much the rest of the group has153 saved. (Optional)143 quota (optional). With this set the user's possibilities to save items to 144 disk will also depend on how much the rest of the group has 145 saved. 154 146 </para> 155 147 </listitem> … … 163 155 <listitem> 164 156 <para> 165 Set the account's home directory . A new directory, either empty157 Set the account's home directory (optional). A new directory, either empty 166 158 or from a template, can be created if editing a new user. Select 167 159 <guilabel>- none -</guilabel> 168 160 if there shouldn't be any home directory asocciated with the 169 account. (Optional)161 account. 170 162 </para> 171 163 </listitem> … … 180 172 <para> 181 173 Define a date in this field if the account should expire on a 182 certain day . The account will be disabled after this date. Leave183 this empty if the account should be continuous. (Optional)174 certain day (optional). The account will be disabled after this date. 175 Leave this empty if the account never should expire. 184 176 <tip> 185 177 <para> 186 Use 178 Use the 187 179 <guibutton>Calendar…</guibutton> 188 to pick a date from a calendar in a pop-up window.180 button to pick a date from a calendar in a pop-up window. 189 181 </para> 190 182 </tip> … … 199 191 <para> 200 192 This checkbox should be checked if the account should be used by 201 more one user. It will block the users of the account to change 202 password, contact information and other settings that will mess 203 up the use of the account. 193 more one user. This will prevent the users from changing the 194 password, contact information and other settings. It will 195 also reset all list filters, column configurations, etc. 196 when the user logs out. Normally, these settings are rememembered 197 between logins. 204 198 </para> 205 199 </listitem> … … 211 205 <listitem> 212 206 <para> 213 Disable the account for further use by check this. The account 214 can't be used until this is unchecked. 207 Disable the account. 215 208 </para> 216 209 </listitem> … … 225 218 </para> 226 219 <seeother> 227 <other external_id="user.edit.contact">Edit user'scontact information</other>228 <other external_id="user.edit.membership"> Edit user'smembership</other>220 <other external_id="user.edit.contact">Edit contact information</other> 221 <other external_id="user.edit.membership">Group and role membership</other> 229 222 </seeother> 230 223 </helptext> … … 312 305 </term> 313 306 <listitem> 314 <para>A nURL that is associated with the user.</para>307 <para>A URL that is associated with the user.</para> 315 308 </listitem> 316 309 </varlistentry> … … 339 332 <seeother> 340 333 <other external_id="user.edit">Edit account</other> 341 <other external_id="user.edit.membership"> Edit user'smembership</other>334 <other external_id="user.edit.membership">Group and role membership</other> 342 335 </seeother> 343 336 </helptext> … … 346 339 347 340 <sect3 id="user_administration.users.edit.membership"> 348 <title>User's membership</title> 349 <helptext external_id="user.edit.membership" title="Edit user's membership"> 350 <para> 351 An user's membership in groups and roles can be set on this tab. The 352 membership can also be changed by adding/removing the user to/from a 353 group's/role's list of members that is described in 354 <xref linkend="user_administration.groups.edit" /> 355 and 356 <xref linkend="user_administration.roles.edit" /> 357 </para> 358 <para> 359 Use 360 <guibutton>Add groups…</guibutton> 361 or 362 <guibutton>Add roles…</guibutton> 363 to add a membership in a group or a role. Mark the check-boxes for those 364 groups or roles that the user should become a member in. Using the 365 <guibutton>Ok</guibutton> 366 will add the selected items to the list of memberships. 367 </para> 368 <para> 369 Memberships are removed by selecting items from the list of memberships and 370 the pressing 371 <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> 372 . The selected items will then disappear from the list of memberships. 373 </para> 341 <title>Group and role membership</title> 342 <helptext external_id="user.edit.membership" title="Group and role membership"> 343 <para> 344 On this tab, the group and role membership of a user can be 345 specified. The membership can also be changed by editing the 346 group and/or role. 347 </para> 348 349 <variablelist> 350 <varlistentry> 351 <term><guilabel>Member in</guilabel></term> 352 <listitem> 353 <para> 354 Lists the groups and roles the user already is a member of. 355 </para> 356 </listitem> 357 </varlistentry> 358 359 <varlistentry> 360 <term><guilabel>Add groups…</guilabel></term> 361 <listitem> 362 <para> 363 Opens a popup window that allows you to select 364 groups. In the popup window, mark 365 one or more groups and click on the <guibutton>Ok</guibutton> 366 button. The popup window will not list groups that 367 the user already is a member of. 368 </para> 369 </listitem> 370 </varlistentry> 371 372 <varlistentry> 373 <term><guilabel>Add roles…</guilabel></term> 374 <listitem> 375 <para> 376 Opens a popup window that allows you to select 377 roles. In the popup window, mark 378 one or more roles and click on the <guibutton>Ok</guibutton> 379 button. The popup window will not list roles that 380 the user already is a member of. 381 </para> 382 </listitem> 383 </varlistentry> 384 385 <varlistentry> 386 <term><guilabel>Remove</guilabel></term> 387 <listitem> 388 <para> 389 Use this button to remove the user from the selected 390 groups and/or roles. The selected items will then disappear 391 from the list of memberships. 392 </para> 393 </listitem> 394 </varlistentry> 395 </variablelist> 396 374 397 <para> 375 398 Go to the other tabs if there are any changes to do otherwise press … … 381 404 <seeother> 382 405 <other external_id="user.edit">Edit account</other> 383 <other external_id="user.edit.contact"> 384 Edit user's contact information 385 </other> 406 <other external_id="user.edit.contact">Edit contact information</other> 386 407 </seeother> 387 408 </helptext> … … 393 414 <title>Groups administration</title> 394 415 <para> 395 Groups in BASE are meant to represent physical groups that are working with the program. 396 It can be departments in an organization or some kind of lab teams, just to mention some 397 examples. An user's group-membership is normally set when the user is added to BASE and 398 has no needs to be changed later , except when the company is re-organizing. 416 Groups in BASE are meant to represent the organizational structure of 417 a company or instituion. For example, there can be one group for each 418 department and subgroups for the teams in the departments. 419 The group-membership is normally set when the user is added to BASE and 420 shouldn't have to be changed later, except when the company is re-organizing. 399 421 </para> 400 422 <para> 401 423 There is one pre-installed group in BASE, a system group, called Everyone. It is, like 402 the name says, a group in which everyone (all users) are members. The users that are424 the name says, a group in which everyone (all users) are members. The users that are 403 425 allowed to share to everyone can easily share items to all users by sharing the item to 404 426 this group. … … 408 430 <title>Edit group</title> 409 431 <para> 410 The pop-up window where a group can be edit has two tabs,432 The pop-up window where a group can be edited has two tabs, 411 433 <guilabel>Group</guilabel> 412 434 and 413 <guilabel>Members</guilabel> 435 <guilabel>Members</guilabel>. 414 436 </para> 415 < helptext external_id="group.edit" title="Edit group">416 < sect3 id="user_administration.groups.edit.properties">417 <title>Properties</title>437 <sect3 id="user_administration.groups.edit.properties"> 438 <title>Properties</title> 439 <helptext external_id="group.edit" title="Edit group"> 418 440 <variablelist> 419 441 <varlistentry> … … 422 444 </term> 423 445 <listitem> 424 <para> Group's name.(Required)</para>446 <para>The name of the group.</para> 425 447 </listitem> 426 448 </varlistentry> … … 448 470 <para> 449 471 With this property it's possible to limit the quota of total 450 dis cspace for the group members. Select472 disk space for the group members. Select 451 473 <guilabel>-none-</guilabel> 452 474 from the drop-down list if the group shouldn't have any quota. 453 475 There are some presets of quotas that comes with the BASE2 454 installation, besides a couple with different size of total dis c476 installation, besides a couple with different size of total disk 455 477 space there are one called 456 478 <guilabel>No quota</guilabel> 457 479 and one with 458 <guilabel>Unlimited quota</guilabel> 459 . Their names speak for them self. 460 </para> 480 <guilabel>Unlimited quota</guilabel>. 481 Their names speak for them self. 482 </para> 483 484 <note> 485 <para> 486 A user can only take quota from one group, which has 487 to be specified as the <guilabel>Quota group</guilabel> 488 of the user. 489 </para> 490 </note> 491 461 492 </listitem> 462 493 </varlistentry> 463 494 </variablelist> 464 </sect3> 465 <para> 466 Go to the other tab, 467 <guilabel>Members</guilabel> 468 , if there are any changes to do otherwise use 469 <guibutton>Save</guibutton> 470 to save the settings or 471 <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> 472 to abort. 473 </para> 474 <seeother> 475 <other external_id="group.edit.membership">Edit group members</other> 476 </seeother> 477 </helptext> 478 479 <helptext external_id="group.edit.membership" title="Edit group members"> 480 <sect3 id="user_administration.groups.edit.members"> 481 <title>Group members</title> 482 <para> 483 A group can have both single users and whole groups as members. Group 495 <para> 496 Go to the other tab, 497 <guilabel>Members</guilabel>, 498 if there are any changes to do otherwise use 499 <guibutton>Save</guibutton> 500 to save the settings or 501 <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> 502 to abort. 503 </para> 504 <seeother> 505 <other external_id="group.edit.membership">Edit group members</other> 506 <other external_id="user.edit">Edit user</other> 507 </seeother> 508 </helptext> 509 </sect3> 510 511 <sect3 id="user_administration.groups.edit.members"> 512 <title>Group members</title> 513 <helptext external_id="group.edit.membership" title="Edit group members"> 514 <para> 515 A group can have both single users and other groups as members. Group 484 516 members have access to those items that are shared to the group. Each user 485 517 in the group has the possibility to share their own items to one or more of 486 518 the other members or to the whole group. 487 519 </para> 488 <para> 489 The list-box shows the group's members, both users and other groups. 490 491 Removing members from a group are done by first select one or several 492 members in the list and then click on 493 <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> 494 . The selected items will then disappear from the list. 495 </para> 496 </sect3> 497 <para> 498 Go to the other tab if there are any changes to do, otherwise use 499 <guibutton>Save</guibutton> 500 to save the values or 501 <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> 502 to abort. 503 </para> 504 <seeother> 505 <other external_id="group.edit">Edit group properties</other> 506 </seeother> 507 </helptext> 520 521 <variablelist> 522 <varlistentry> 523 <term><guilabel>Members</guilabel></term> 524 <listitem> 525 <para> 526 Lists the user and groups that are already 527 members of this group. 528 </para> 529 </listitem> 530 </varlistentry> 531 532 <varlistentry> 533 <term><guilabel>Add users…</guilabel></term> 534 <listitem> 535 <para> 536 Opens a popup window that allows you to add 537 users to the group. In the popup window, mark 538 one or more users and click on the <guibutton>Ok</guibutton> 539 button. The popup window will not list users that 540 are already members of the group. 541 </para> 542 </listitem> 543 </varlistentry> 544 545 <varlistentry> 546 <term><guilabel>Add groups…</guilabel></term> 547 <listitem> 548 <para> 549 Opens a popup window that allows you to add 550 other groups to the group. In the popup window, mark 551 one or more groups and click on the <guibutton>Ok</guibutton> 552 button. The popup window will not list groups that 553 are already members of the group. 554 </para> 555 </listitem> 556 </varlistentry> 557 558 <varlistentry> 559 <term><guilabel>Remove</guilabel></term> 560 <listitem> 561 <para> 562 Use this button to remove the selected 563 users and/or groups from this group. The selected items will 564 disappear from the list of memberships. 565 </para> 566 </listitem> 567 </varlistentry> 568 569 </variablelist> 570 571 <para> 572 Go to the other tab if there are any changes to do, otherwise use 573 <guibutton>Save</guibutton> 574 to save the values or 575 <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> 576 to abort. 577 </para> 578 <seeother> 579 <other external_id="group.edit">Edit group properties</other> 580 </seeother> 581 </helptext> 582 </sect3> 508 583 </sect2> 509 584 </sect1> … … 512 587 <title>Roles administration</title> 513 588 <para> 514 Roles are different kinds of working positions that users can have, like server 515 administrator or regular user just to mention two. The permissions for a role are set 516 depending on what it is going to do in BASE. 517 </para> 518 <para> 519 Users are normally assigned a role, perhaps more then one, when they are created and 589 Roles are meant to represent different kinds of working positions that users can have, 590 like server administrator or regular user just to mention two. 591 Users are normally assigned a role, perhaps more than one, when they are created and 520 592 registered in BASE. 521 593 </para> 594 595 596 <sect2 id="user_administration.roles.defaultroles"> 597 <title>Default roles</title> 598 <para> 599 BASE comes with some pre-defined roles. These are configured to cover the 600 normal user roles that can appear. A more detailed description of the different 601 roles and when to use them follows here. 602 </para> 603 <variablelist> 604 <varlistentry> 605 <term>Administrator</term> 606 <listitem> 607 <para> 608 This role gives the user full permission to do everything in BASE and 609 also possibility to share items with the system-group 'Everyone'. Users 610 that are supposed to administrate the server, user accounts, groups etc. 611 should have this role. 612 </para> 613 </listitem> 614 </varlistentry> 615 <varlistentry> 616 <term>Supervisor</term> 617 <listitem> 618 <para> 619 Users that are members of this role has permission to read everything in 620 BASE. This role doesn't let the members to actually do anything in BASE 621 except read and supervise. 622 </para> 623 </listitem> 624 </varlistentry> 625 <varlistentry> 626 <term>Power user</term> 627 <listitem> 628 <para> 629 This role allows it's members to do some things that an ordinary user 630 not is allowed to. Most things are related to global resources 631 like reporters, the array lims and plug-ins. 632 This role can be proper for those users that are in 633 some kind of leading position over workgroups or projects. 634 </para> 635 </listitem> 636 </varlistentry> 637 <varlistentry> 638 <term>User</term> 639 <listitem> 640 <para> 641 A role that is suitable for all ordinary users. This allows the members 642 to do common things in BASE such as creating biomaterials and 643 experiments, uploading raw data and analyse it. 644 </para> 645 </listitem> 646 </varlistentry> 647 <varlistentry> 648 <term>Guest</term> 649 <listitem> 650 <para> 651 This is a role with limited access to create new things. It is useful 652 for those who wants to have peek at the program. It can also be 653 used for someone that is helping out with the analysis of an experiment. 654 </para> 655 </listitem> 656 </varlistentry> 657 <varlistentry> 658 <term>Job agent</term> 659 <listitem> 660 <para> 661 This role is given to the job agents and allows them to read and execute 662 jobs. Job agents always runs the jobs as the user who created the job 663 and therefore it have to be able to act as another user. 664 </para> 665 </listitem> 666 </varlistentry> 667 </variablelist> 668 </sect2> 522 669 523 670 <sect2 id="user_administration.roles.edit"> … … 529 676 permissions. 530 677 </para> 531 < helptext external_id="role.edit" title="Edit role">532 < sect3 id="user_administration.roles.edit.properties">533 <title>Properties</title>534 <para>These are the properties that can be defined for a role.</para> 678 <sect3 id="user_administration.roles.edit.properties"> 679 <title>Properties</title> 680 <helptext external_id="role.edit" title="Edit role"> 681 535 682 <variablelist> 536 683 <varlistentry> … … 539 686 </term> 540 687 <listitem> 541 <para>The role's name. (Required)</para> 542 </listitem> 543 </varlistentry> 544 <varlistentry> 545 <term> 546 <guilabel>System-level permissions</guilabel> 547 </term> 548 <listitem> 549 <itemizedlist> 550 <listitem> 551 <simpara> 552 With 553 <guilabel>Share to Everyone</guilabel> 554 set the role allows the user to share items to the 555 system-group 'Everyone'. 556 </simpara> 557 </listitem> 558 <listitem> 559 <simpara> 560 <guilabel>Act as another user</guilabel> 561 - property makes it possible for the one with this role 562 to login from the menu bar as another user. This is used 563 by job agents when they should act as the user who 564 created the job. 565 </simpara> 566 </listitem> 567 </itemizedlist> 688 <para>The name of the role.</para> 689 </listitem> 690 </varlistentry> 691 <varlistentry> 692 <term> 693 <guilabel>Share to Everyone</guilabel> 694 </term> 695 <listitem> 696 <para> 697 Allows the user to share items to the 698 system-group 'Everyone'. 699 </para> 700 </listitem> 701 </varlistentry> 702 703 <varlistentry> 704 <term><guilabel>Act as another user</guilabel></term> 705 <listitem> 706 <para> 707 Allows the user to login as another user without 708 knowing the password. This is used by job agents 709 to make it possible for them to execute a plug-in 710 as the user that created the job. This permission 711 will also make it possible to switch user in the web 712 interface. It can be useful for an administrator who 713 needs to check out a problem, but use this permission 714 with care. 715 </para> 568 716 </listitem> 569 717 </varlistentry> … … 573 721 </term> 574 722 <listitem> 575 <para>Description and information about the role. (Optional)</para>723 <para>Description and information about the role.</para> 576 724 </listitem> 577 725 </varlistentry> … … 585 733 to abort. 586 734 </para> 587 </sect3>588 <seeother>589 <other external_id="role.edit.permissions">Role permissions</other>590 < other external_id="role.edit.members">Role members</other>591 </ seeother>592 </ helptext>593 594 < helptext external_id="role.edit.permissions" title="Edit rolepermissions">595 < sect3 id="user_administration.roles.edit.permissions">596 <title>Permissions</title>735 <seeother> 736 <other external_id="role.edit.permissions">Role permissions</other> 737 <other external_id="role.edit.members">Role members</other> 738 </seeother> 739 </helptext> 740 </sect3> 741 742 <sect3 id="user_administration.roles.edit.permissions"> 743 <title>Permissions</title> 744 <helptext external_id="role.edit.permissions" title="Edit role permissions"> 597 745 <para> 598 746 A role's permissions are defined for each item type within BASE 2. Set the … … 662 810 <para> 663 811 Set the role's permission on each one of the item types and proceed then to 664 one of the other tabs or click on one of the buttons:812 one of the other tabs or click on 665 813 <guibutton>Save</guibutton> 666 814 to save the changes or … … 668 816 to abort. 669 817 </para> 670 </sect3> 671 <seeother> 672 <other external_id="role.edit">Edit properties</other> 673 <other external_id="role.edit.members">Role members</other> 674 </seeother> 675 </helptext> 676 677 <helptext external_id="role.edit.members" title="Role members"> 678 <sect3 id="user_administration.roles.edit.members"> 679 <title>Members</title> 680 <para> 681 Users that are members of a role are listed in the list-box located on this 682 tab. Members can be added or removed with the two buttons, located to the 683 right of the list box, 684 <guibutton>Add users…</guibutton> 685 and 686 <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> 687 . 688 </para> 689 <variablelist> 690 <varlistentry> 691 <term>Add users to list</term> 692 <listitem> 693 <para> 694 Click on 695 <guibutton>Add users…</guibutton> 696 and select the users that should be added from the list in the 697 pop-up window. Press then on the 698 <guibutton>Ok</guibutton> 699 button to close the pop-up window and add the selected users. 700 Use 701 <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> 702 or just close the pop-up to abort and return to main window. 703 </para> 704 </listitem> 705 </varlistentry> 706 <varlistentry> 707 <term>Remove users from list</term> 708 <listitem> 709 <para> 710 Members are removed from the list by first selecting them and 711 then pressing 712 <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> 713 . The selected user(s) are removed immediately. 818 <seeother> 819 <other external_id="role.edit">Edit properties</other> 820 <other external_id="role.edit.members">Role members</other> 821 </seeother> 822 </helptext> 823 </sect3> 824 825 <sect3 id="user_administration.roles.edit.members"> 826 <title>Members</title> 827 <helptext external_id="role.edit.members" title="Role members"> 828 829 <variablelist> 830 <varlistentry> 831 <term><guilabel>Members</guilabel></term> 832 <listitem> 833 <para> 834 Users that are members of a role are listed in the list-box located on this 835 tab. 836 </para> 837 </listitem> 838 </varlistentry> 839 <varlistentry> 840 <term><guibutton>Add users</guibutton></term> 841 <listitem> 842 <para> 843 Select the users that should be added from the list in the 844 pop-up window. Click on the 845 <guibutton>Ok</guibutton> 846 button to close the pop-up window and add the selected users. 847 </para> 848 </listitem> 849 </varlistentry> 850 <varlistentry> 851 <term>Remove</term> 852 <listitem> 853 <para> 854 Removes the selected users from the role. 714 855 </para> 715 856 </listitem> … … 724 865 to abort and close the window without saving the changes. 725 866 </para> 726 </sect3> 727 <seeother> 728 <other external_id="role.edit">Edit properties</other> 729 <other external_id="role.edit.permissions">Role permissions</other> 730 </seeother> 731 </helptext> 732 </sect2> 733 734 <sect2 id="user_administration.roles.defaultroles"> 735 <title>Default roles</title> 736 <para> 737 There are some default roles that come with BASE2. These are configured to cover the 738 normal user roles that can appear. A more detailed description of the different 739 roles and when to use them follows here. 740 </para> 741 <variablelist> 742 <varlistentry> 743 <term>Administrator</term> 744 <listitem> 745 <para> 746 This role gives the user full permission to do everything in BASE and 747 also possibility to share items with the system-group 'Everyone'. Users 748 that are supposed to administrate the server, user accounts, groups etc. 749 should have this role. 750 </para> 751 </listitem> 752 </varlistentry> 753 <varlistentry> 754 <term>Supervisor</term> 755 <listitem> 756 <para> 757 Users that are members of this role has permission to read everything in 758 BASE. This role doesn't let the members to actually do anything in BASE 759 except read and supervise. 760 </para> 761 </listitem> 762 </varlistentry> 763 <varlistentry> 764 <term>Power user</term> 765 <listitem> 766 <para> 767 This role allows it's members to do some things that an ordinary user 768 not is allowed to. This role can be proper for those users that are in 769 some kind of leading position over workgroups or projects. 770 </para> 771 </listitem> 772 </varlistentry> 773 <varlistentry> 774 <term>User</term> 775 <listitem> 776 <para> 777 A role that is suitable for all ordinary users. This allows the members 778 to do common things in BASE as analysis, creating biomaterials and 779 experiments and so on. 780 </para> 781 </listitem> 782 </varlistentry> 783 <varlistentry> 784 <term>Guest</term> 785 <listitem> 786 <para> 787 This is a role with limited access to create new things. It is useful 788 for those who wants to have peek at the program. 789 </para> 790 </listitem> 791 </varlistentry> 792 <varlistentry> 793 <term>Job agent</term> 794 <listitem> 795 <para> 796 This role is given to the job agents and allows them to read and execute 797 jobs. Job agents always runs the jobs as the user who created the job 798 and therefore it have to be able to act as another user. No more 799 permissions then these are needed for job agents. 800 </para> 801 </listitem> 802 </varlistentry> 803 </variablelist> 867 <seeother> 868 <other external_id="role.edit">Edit properties</other> 869 <other external_id="role.edit.permissions">Role permissions</other> 870 </seeother> 871 </helptext> 872 </sect3> 804 873 </sect2> 805 874 </sect1> 806 875 807 876 <sect1 id="user_administration.quota"> 808 <title>Dis cspace/quota</title>877 <title>Disk space/quota</title> 809 878 <para> 810 The administrator can control the maximum size of disc space that each user should be 811 able to use. Also groups can have limited disc quota and this will effect when an user, 812 that is member of a quota group, is saving something to the database that is disc 813 consuming. The most restricted one of the group's quota and user's quota will be used 814 and the user will be denied to store the item on the server if one of the disc quotas is 815 filled. 879 The administrator can control the maximum size of disk space for users and groups. 880 A user must be assigned a quota of their own and may optionally have a group 881 quota as well. If so, the most restrictive quota is checked whenever the user 882 tries to do something that counts as disk-consuming, for example uploading a file. 816 883 </para> 884 885 <note> 886 <para> 887 The quota is checked before an operation, which is allowed to continue if there 888 is space left. For example, even if you have only one byte left of disk space 889 you are allowed to upload a 10MB file. 890 </para> 891 </note> 892 817 893 <para> 818 How to set an user's quota or to create a quota can be read at 819 <xref linkend="user_administration.groups.edit" /> 820 and 894 Read 821 895 <xref linkend="user_administration.users.edit" /> 896 and <xref linkend="user_administration.groups.edit" /> 897 for information about how to set a quota for a user and 898 group. 822 899 </para> 823 900 <para> … … 826 903 <guimenu>Administrate</guimenu> 827 904 <guimenuitem>Quota</guimenuitem> 828 </menuchoice> 829 . 905 </menuchoice>. 830 906 </para> 831 907 … … 836 912 limits are defined. 837 913 </para> 838 < helptext external_id="quota.edit" title="Editproperties">839 < sect3 id="user_administration.quota.edit.properties">840 <title>Properties</title>914 <sect3 id="user_administration.quota.edit.properties"> 915 <title>Properties</title> 916 <helptext external_id="quota.edit" title="Edit properties"> 841 917 <variablelist> 842 918 <varlistentry> … … 845 921 </term> 846 922 <listitem> 847 <para>Name of the quota (Required).</para>923 <para>Name of the quota.</para> 848 924 </listitem> 849 925 </varlistentry> … … 858 934 Description of the quota. It could be a good idea to 859 935 describe the quota's details here. Use the magnifying glass to 860 edit the text in a larger text area. (Optional)936 edit the text in a larger text area. 861 937 </para> 862 938 </listitem> … … 870 946 to abort. 871 947 </para> 872 </ sect3>873 </ helptext>874 875 < helptext external_id="quota.edit.values" title="Editvalues">876 < sect3 id="user_administration.quota.edit.values">877 <title>Values</title>948 </helptext> 949 </sect3> 950 951 <sect3 id="user_administration.quota.edit.values"> 952 <title>Values</title> 953 <helptext external_id="quota.edit.values" title="Edit quota values"> 878 954 <para> 879 955 The quota values are defined here, both for the primary location and the 880 956 secondary location. Use the check box to the right of the input fields to 881 set unlimited quota. 957 set unlimited quota. You can use the abbreviations 958 <abbrev>kb</abbrev>, <abbrev>Mb</abbrev> and <abbrev>Gb</abbrev> 959 to specify the quota values. 882 960 </para> 883 961 <variablelist> … … 890 968 Limit of total quota. The sum of the other three quotas doesn't 891 969 have to be the same as this, it is always the most restricted 892 value that is used. (Required)970 value that is used. 893 971 </para> 894 972 </listitem> … … 901 979 </term> 902 980 <listitem> 903 <para>Limit of dis c space to save files in.(Optional)</para>981 <para>Limit of disk space to save files in.</para> 904 982 </listitem> 905 983 </varlistentry> … … 911 989 </term> 912 990 <listitem> 913 <para> disc space to save Raw data in.(Optional)</para>991 <para>Limit of disk space to save raw data in.</para> 914 992 </listitem> 915 993 </varlistentry> … … 922 1000 <listitem> 923 1001 <para> 924 Limit of dis c space that can be used by experiments.(Optional)1002 Limit of disk space that can be used by experiments. 925 1003 </para> 926 1004 </listitem> … … 929 1007 <para> 930 1008 When everything have been set the quota is saved by using 931 <guibutton>Save</guibutton> 932 . To discard changes use 933 <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> 934 . 935 </para> 936 </sect3> 937 </helptext> 1009 <guibutton>Save</guibutton>. To discard changes use 1010 <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>. 1011 </para> 1012 </helptext> 1013 </sect3> 938 1014 </sect2> 1015 1016 <sect2 id="user_administration.quota.diskusage"> 1017 <title>Disk usage</title> 1018 1019 <para> 1020 Go to 1021 <menuchoice> 1022 <guimenu>Administrate</guimenu> 1023 <guimenuitem>Disk usage</guimenuitem> 1024 </menuchoice> 1025 if you want to get statistics about how the disk 1026 is used. There are three tabs: 1027 </para> 1028 1029 <variablelist> 1030 <varlistentry> 1031 <term><guilabel>Overview</guilabel></term> 1032 <listitem> 1033 <para> 1034 Gives an overview of the total disk usage. 1035 It is divided per location and quota type. 1036 </para> 1037 </listitem> 1038 </varlistentry> 1039 1040 <varlistentry> 1041 <term><guilabel>Per user</guilabel></term> 1042 <listitem> 1043 <para> 1044 Gives an overview of the disk usage 1045 per user. For each user you can get a summary 1046 displaying the total disk usage and 1047 divided per location and quota type. 1048 Use the <guilabel>View details</guilabel> 1049 link to list all items that uses up disk space. 1050 The list displays the name and type of each item 1051 and the amount of disk space it uses. 1052 </para> 1053 </listitem> 1054 </varlistentry> 1055 1056 <varlistentry> 1057 <term><guilabel>Per group</guilabel></term> 1058 <listitem> 1059 <para> 1060 Gives an overview of the disk usage 1061 per group, with the same functionality 1062 as the per user overview. 1063 </para> 1064 </listitem> 1065 </varlistentry> 1066 </variablelist> 1067 1068 </sect2> 1069 939 1070 </sect1> 940 1071 </chapter>
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