# Users

The user is a person that will be able to connect to the application.

Note

- To be able to connect, the user must have a password and a user profile defined.

ProjeQtOr and LDAP users

- ProjeQtOr offers two modes of authentication.

> ProjeQtOr users

> - Users’ information is kept in the application database.
> - Password policy and login behavior are managed by the application.

> Note

> - The users “admin” and “guest” are created during installation.

> LDAP users

> - Allows users defined in an external directory to login at ProjeQtOr by the LDAP protocol.
> - Users’ information and password policy are managed in the external directory.

Default user profile

- A default user profile is set during creation of the user.
- A different default profile can be set according to mode of authentication.

Web Service

- ProjeQtOr provides an API to interact with its elements. It is provided as REST Web Service.
- An API key is defined for the user.
- This API key is used to encrypt the data for methods: PUT, PUSH and DELETE.

Section: Description

Users description section fields
Field | Description
--- | ---
Id | Unique Id for the user.
Photo | Photo of the user.
User name | login id of the user.
Real name | Name of the user.
Initials | Initials of the user.
Email address | Email address of the user.
Profile | Profile of the user.
Locked | Flag used to lock the user, to prohibit connections.
Is a contact | Is this user also a contact?
Is a resource | Is this user also a resource?
Closed | Flag to indicate that user is archived.
Description | Complete description of the user.

* Required field

Field: User name

- The user name must be unique.

Field: Is a contact

- Check this if you want created a contact to this user.
- This user will then appear in the “Contact” list

Field: Is a resource

- Check this if you want created a resource to this user.
- The user will then also appear in the “Resources” list.

Section: Miscellanous

Button: Reset password

- This button allows to reset password to default password.
- Default password value is defined in Global parameters screen.
- Reset password button is available only for ProjeQtOr users.

Users miscellaneous section fields
Field | Description
--- | ---
Don’t receive team mails | Box checked indicating that the resource doesn’t want to receive mails sent to the team.
Comes from LDAP | Box checked indicating that the user information come from LDAP.
API key | Key string used by web service consumer.

Button: Send information to the user

- This button allows to send by email to the user the login information.