Note: This information is contained in the DocuShare Administrator Guide.
There are four types of DocuShare administrator, each with specific site authority.
• Admin
• Site Administrator
• Content Administrator
• Account Administrator
The administrator groups
Admin may assign administrator rights to any user or group by making that user or group a member of one of the three administrator groups; the Site Administrators group, the Content Administrators group, and the Account Administrators group.
Site administrator (Group-1)
A Site Administrator is anyone who is a member of Group-1 Site Administrators.
• By default, Site Administrators are members of all three administrator groups, have the same privileges as the main admin account, and can see all of the possible tools displayed in the Administration menu.
• By default, Site Administrators can create or delete user and group accounts.
• By default, Site Administrators can edit the properties, password, and username of all user accounts.
• By default, Site Administrators can edit the properties of group accounts; such as the name of the group, the owner of the group, and the group membership list.
• By default, Site Administrators can administer the other administrator groups.
• By default, Site Administrators can edit the properties, permissions, subscriptions, and locations of all site objects.
• By default, the Site Administrators Group-1 is a member of both the Content Administrators and Account Administrators groups.
Note: Admin can limit Site Administrator privileges by removing Group-1 from
Group-2 and Group-3.
• Users who are Site Administrators log into a site using their own username and password combination, and they are given Site Administrator authority along with their own unique user account authority.
Content administrator (Group-2)
A Content Administrator is anyone who is a member of Group-2 Content Administrators.
• Users who are Content Administrators log into a site using their own username and password combination, and they are given Content Administrator authority along with their own unique user account authority.
• Content Administrators see a subset of the available tools displayed in the Administration menu; including Object Properties that allow them to modify object class properties and create new object classes; Content Management activities; limited Account Management activities.
• Content Administrators can create or delete user and group accounts, if site
access policies are not set to limit account creation to only the admin account.
• Content Administrators can edit the properties of user accounts.
• Content Administrators cannot change the password or username of a user account other than their own.
• Content Administrators can edit the properties of group accounts; such as the
name of the group, the owner of the group, and the group membership list.
• Content Administrators cannot administer the other administrator groups.
• Content Administrators can edit the properties, permissions, subscriptions, and
locations of all site objects.
• Content Administrators can open and view the content of any site object.
Account administrator (Group-3)
An Account Administrator is anyone who is a member of Group-3 Account
Administrators.
• Users who are Account Administrators log into a site using their own username and password combination, and they are given Account Administrator authority along with their own unique user account authority.
• Account Administrators see only the Account Management tools displayed in the Administration menu, allowing them to create and administer new user and group accounts; merge accounts; view account activity; create and manage domains; and configure and maintain the relationship between the DocuShare site and an LDAP server.
• Account Administrators can create or delete user and group accounts, if site access policies are not set to limit account creation to only the admin account.
• Account Administrators can edit the properties, password, and username of all user accounts.
• Account Administrators can edit the properties of group accounts; such as the name of a group, the owner of a group, and a group membership list.
• Account Administrators cannot administer the other administrator groups.
• Account Administrators cannot edit the properties, permissions, subscriptions, and locations of site objects.
• Account Administrators cannot open and view the content of site objects unless given permission to do so by admin or by the owner of a specific object.
Solution Published: October 16th, 2012
Solution ID: 1209