========================= User and Group management ========================= The following guide explains the management of users, groups, and permissions for the PAVICS deployment. Permissions and group settings for users both server-side and client-side and can be configured to unique deployment specifications. As mentioned, PAVICS is built to work within POSIX and POSIX-like systems. As such, user/group management within servers running PAVICS is synonymous with conventions for user/group management in Linux and Unix systems. .. warning:: Are we clarifying both within-server permissions and permissions as set within the Birds? Adding Users and Groups to PAVICS server ======================================== Users added to the PAVICS server for the purpose of adding data or administering Bird services may need unique access privileges. Once a user has been created with `useradd `_ and groups initiatialized with `groupadd `_ group membership and privileges can be later specified with ``usermod`` and ``groupmod``. Begin by tunneling into the server:: ssh user@server User and Group management for Bird services =========================================== .. todo:: How authorizations for services work (the concept) How to grant users access to data and services Permissions and authorizations ------------------------------ Twitcher? --------- Malleefowl? -----------