What Are Users, User Aliases, And Groups - Chamberlain IPAC Administrator's Manual

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What are Users, User Aliases, and Groups?

A user is any person who requires access to one or more devices at the facility. A user has
unique credentials, such as a card or PIN, that enable entry and exit at the specified doors.
A user can belong to one or more groups.
A user alias is a way to place a user in multiple sub-accounts. The user name, user photo,
credentials, and dates work across permissions granted in multiple sub-accounts. The
advantage to this is that it allows each account to manage its own set of permissions on a
given user. Note that suspending/expiring/deleting a primary identity affects all aliases.
Also, the primary identity user name and user photo will propagate to all other accounts and
cannot be changed except in the primary account.
A group is a set of users with the same access privileges to a facility. A group has a
descriptive name, such as "Washington Staff." Access privileges are defined at the group
level. A user inherits privileges from the group(s) to which he or she belongs. However, an
individual user's privileges can be set to start and/or expire on specified dates.
Administrators vs. Users
The term user refers to an individual who has access privileges to some part of a building. It
does not refer to end-users of the interface; users do not have direct access to the IPAC
Server™ interface. Instead, Administrators add and manage user-related information.
The term Administrator , on the other hand, refers to an individual who has access
permissions to the interface. Administrators manage the interface itself.
An Administrator is also a user, and is subject to the same rules of group assignments when
determining access privileges to devices.
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