Manage user privileges
MashZone NextGen Explorer enables you to create new users, change their passwords and roles, and delete existing users.
Depending on the user role assigned the user has different access permissions for data sources and analysis.
By default, the following user roles with the corresponding permissions are available.
administrator:
Full control of all data sources and analysis.
analyst:
Full Create, Read, Update and Delete permissions for data sources and analysis owned by the user or if users has an
EDIT permission.
Read only control on data sources and analysis if
VIEW permission is present.
guest:
Read only permissions for analysis if
VIEW permission is present.
The MashZone NextGen Explorer users available and roles assigned are listed in the auth.properties file stored in the <MashZone NextGen Explorer installation>\config folder.
The users are listed with username, password and user role in the form of:
user.<username> = <password encrypted>,<user role>,va
Example
user.Administrator = $shiro1$SHA-256$500000$BK02RfNycT5X9+SYFOw==$WVnmao8JwY5+
KlOfodA=,administrator,va