Normal and Role-Based Users
Iotellect Server user account can either match a single physical person (e.g. John Doe or Mary Shelley) or a certain role of system operators (e.g. "Log-Angeles Zone Operator", "Report Designer" or "Network Engineer"). User accounts that match individuals are called normal accounts while user accounts matching a role are called role-based accounts.
User account type is controlled as follows:
If a user account has Inherit Permissions flag disabled in account properties, the account uses its own Permissions table. The account can either logically match a living person that has its own custom permissions, or logically match a user role that will be inherited by other users (normally matching living persons).
If a user account has Inherit Permissions flag enabled, the account uses another user's permissions table. This account will most likely match a living person that inherits a system role from a role-based account.
If a user authenticates through an external system (such as Active Directory or LDAP server), it will be authorized by using a certain role-based user account. User's permissions will be, thus, inherited from this account. See External Authentication for details.
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