Users - tab of the PmaRoot object

Users and user groups definition, see Users, user groups, permissions and login system.

Groups of users:
The group of users represents local or network users (PROMOTIC or Windows), having certain level of permissions in secured applications (they are authorized to perform only specific operations class in the running application). The number of specific groups of users (different authorization levels) is arbitrary. Any local or network PROMOTIC user and also Windows user group can be assigned to certaing user group. Each user can be a member of multiple groups of users simultaneously. Including the user into a user group grants the user permissions to perform some secured actions in the running application. If the groups of users are used for application security (instead of the single users), then it is possible to flexibly add/remove users in these groups of users while the application itself stays unchanged (it is even possible to manage the users in the running application, by the Pm.WndEditUsers method). It is very handy for the enduser allowing to reflect the personal changes in the user crew (new users comming, old users leaving, etc.). Assigning the users into groups of users is done directly at the user workstations, listing the groups the user is member of. The group of users is always created in the PRA file.

PROMOTIC users:
The criteria are set for all PROMOTIC users (local and network) that have to be met on log-on by the user so as he would be accepted by the system. The most important are the login name and password. The verification of the user's identity is crucial for the following users access limitation to critical parts of the application by creating permissions at individual parts of the application or by scripts. In order to limit the access of each user into the critical parts of the application the user groups are used (also the user priority can be used for this purpose).
Way of storing the PROMOTIC user configuration into the file:
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Windows users:
Windows users on the computer or in a domain are managed by Windows OS tools. Each valid Windows user is therefore authentized by the Windows system and the PROMOTIC system can login such user.
The permissions of a logged-in Windows user to execute protected operations in the PROMOTIC application are defined by assigning the Windows user to corresponding Windows user groups. Windows user group can be linked with corresponding PROMOTIC user group. As a result the logged-in Windows user becomes a member of user groups which then specifies its permissions in the PROMOTIC application.