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- .. _security_rolesystem_usergroups:
- Users and Groups
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- The definition of a GeoServer **user** is similar to most security systems. Although the correct Java term is **principal**—a principal being a human being, computer, software system, and so on—the term **user** is adopted throughout the GeoServer documentation. For each user the following information is maintained:
- * User name
- * :ref:`Password <security_passwd>` (optionally stored :ref:`encrypted <security_passwd_encryption>`)
- * A flag indicating if the user is enabled (this is the default). A disabled user is prevented from logging on. Existing user sessions are not affected.
- * Set of key/value pairs
- Key/value pairs are implementation-specific and may be configured by the :ref:`user/group service <security_rolesystem_usergroupservices>` the user or group belongs to. For example, a user/group service that maintains information about a user such as Name, Email address, and so on, may wish to associate those attributes with the user object.
- A GeoServer **group** is simply a set of users. For each group the following information is maintained:
- * Group name
- * A flag indicating if the group is enabled (this is the default). A disabled group does not contribute to the role calculation for all users contained in this group.
- * List of users who belong to the group
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