Users

In eDESIGN you have the possibility to create different users who have different permissions in the frontend and backend.

Create user

Select Users from menu

  1. Go to the Settings menu item in the menu
  2. Select users

Add new user

  1. To start with, we will look at how to add new users

Add new user

  1. Click the "New" button to create a new user

![Configure user](https://edesign-doc.elrest.gmbh/uploads/userfiles/images/settings/users/settings_users_4.jpg Configure user")

  1. Set a user name
  2. Create a password
  3. Assign a role to the user

Assign a role to the user

  1. Choose a role
  2. And apply your settings

Roles

In eDESIGN you can assign specific roles. This way you define which user has which rights and also what content he can see in the frontend.

Select roles

  1. Now we will add new roles in eDESIGN

Create a new role

  1. Click the "New" button to create a new role

Configure user role

  1. Set a name for the role
  2. Add several permissions to the role
  3. Allow the role to interact with it or not

Save user role

  1. Here you can see the added permissions
  2. Save your settings

Remote Directory

In eDESIGN you can have two types of users. Local, which are stored directly in eDESIGN, or Remote, which are stored in an LDAP server. The mapping element then maps the LDAP group to the local eDESIGN roles and grants the user access to the local roles.

Go to Remote Directory

  1. Go to Remote Directory

Edit Remote Directory

  1. Here you can insert your server name
  2. Select a base
  3. Here you can divide different roles into teams
  4. Save your settings when you are done