Manual:The Dude/Admins

The admin pane allows you to set up accounts that connect to The Dude server. The accounts can have different kinds of permissions depending on which user group they belong to.

Adding new admin

In the Add dialog you will be asked for the following:

• Name - username of the account
• Password - password of the account
• Group - which usergroup will it belong to, predefined groups are "full", "read" and "write"
• Allowed address - from which IP subnet will the account able to connect
• Allow more than one - If simultaneous logins are possible
• Separate panels - if each user will see their own Panels, and will not affect the other users by changing the layout of the Panes

User Groups

The following groups exist in The Dude by default:

• Full - has all rights
• Read - can't change settings, only view them (has no agent, policy and write permisions)
• Write - can't become Full user or connect as an agent (has no policy and agent rights)

You can also make new groups, with custom permissions. The following permissions are possible:

• Read - see configuration
• Write - save configuration
• Local - connect to local server
• Remote - connect to remote servers by specifying an address
• Web - access to Web service of The Dude
• Policy - changing of users and groups
• Agent - connecting to remote dude systems as an Agent

Active users

In the Active tab you can see currently logged in users for this server.