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The web portal uses a model where users are distinct from resource holders.
A user is an entity that is granted permission to utilize the web portal. Each user account has an associated password that is used to log in to the web portal.
The web portal maintains an access control list that specifies which [#resource-holder] the user is allowed to manage. If a user is authorized to manage more than a single resource holder, the user will be presented with a list of the resource holders upon login.
Database tables: `irdbd.auth_user` and `irdbd.app_confacl`
The password for a user may be changed via the web portal, or on the command line:
A user account with the superuser bit set has the special capability that it may assume the role of any resource holder managed by the local RPKI service. Superusers are created via the command line interface:
==== Creating user accounts ==== #create-user
When logged into the web portal with a [#superuser] account, select the web users link in the sidebar, and then click on the create button at the bottom of the page. You may optionally select one or more [#resource-holder] that this user is granted authorization to manage.
Note that creating a user does not create a matching [#resource-holder]. See [#create-holder].
When logged into the web portal with a [#superuser] account, select the web users link in the sidebar, and then click on the Delete icon next to the user you wish to delete.
Note that this action does not remove any of the [#resource-holder] the user is granted authorization to manage.
=== Resource Holders === #resource-holder
Resource holders are entities that have authority to manage a set of Internet number resources. When a [#users] logs into the web portal, they select which resource holder role to assume. The user may choose to assume the role of a different resource holder by clicking on the select identity link in the sidebar.
The list of resource holders managed by the local RPKI service can be viewed with a [#superuser] account by clicking on the **resource holders** link in the sidebar of the web portal. From this page the super can manage the resource holders.
Database table: `irdbd.irdb_resourceholderca` (via `irdbd.app_conf` proxy model)
==== Creating resource holders ==== #create-holder
Note that creating a new resource holder does not create a [#users] account. See [#create-user].
When logged into the web portal with a [#superuser] account, select the resource holders link in the sidebar, and then click on the create button at the bottom of the page.
If the new resource holder is going to be a child of another resource holder hosted by the local RPKI service, you may optionally select the parent resource holder from the dropdown box, and the parent-child relationship will automatically be established when the new resource holder is created.
Additionally, one or more [#users] authorized to manage the new resource holder may be selected from the Users list on the creation form.
You can also create resource holders on the command line:
where HANDLE is the name of new resource holder. Note that this new resource holder will initially only be allowed to be managed by [#superuser] accounts. You may wish to [#create-user], but the name of the user need not be the same as the handle of the resource holder. Additionally, you can manage the list of users allowed to manage this resource holder via the web portal; click on the Edit icon next to the resource holder, and select the users you wish to grant permission to manage.
Note that deleting a resource holder does not remove any [#users] accounts.
When logged into the web portal with a [#superuser] account, select the resource holders link in the sidebar, and then click on the delete button next to the resource holder you wish to delete.
Or you may use the command line interface:
where HANDLE is the name of the resource holder you wish to destroy.
==== Modifying the User ACL ==== #acls
Each [#resourceholders] may be managed by one or more [#users] accounts. The list of users authorized to assume the role of a particular resource holder may be changed in the web portal. When logged into the web portal with a [#superuser] account, select the resource holders link in the sidebar, and then click on the Edit icon next to the resource holder, and select the users you wish to grant permission to manage.