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title: "Users"
slug: "users"
updated: 2021-09-27T19:22:49Z
published: 2021-09-27T19:22:49Z
canonical: "docs.visualvault.com/users"
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# Users

## **Purpose**

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This article reviews the User Administration tool.

The User Administration tool is found in the Control Panel under Administration Tools - Users. This screen is utilized to create users, modify users, enable/disable users and delete users.

Administrators may also modify the user account for the following properties:

- Change user passwords
- Administer user groups
- Manager supervisor assignment
- Update user preferences
- Set user and password expiration
- View user history
- View user task list

Only enabled users are counted for licensing or billing purposes.

### **LDAP Capabilities**

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As users are administered within VisualVault, there is the ability to integrate VisualVault with LDAP authentication servers using LDAP Profiles.

- After a profile has been set up administrators can import users into VisualVault.
- Passwords for imported users are maintained by the LDAP source.
- When integrating with LDAP authentication servers, the user accounts may not be easy to use in the VisualVault interface.
  - Administrators can change the format used to display user names in the interface.

### **Views and Licensing**

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User licenses in VisualVault are based on the number of enabled User ID's.

- Each enabled User ID in the system must have a User License.
- Users that are disabled are not counted against the license.
- The "Public" user does not count as one of the user licenses.
- For ease of security administration, it is recommended that users are assigned to groups, then groups are used to assign user roles and permissions.