User management in an environment with native authentication

Based on data input during installation, the Central Coding application creates an initial user and a password. This user can then log in to the Central Coding application and add new users.

New user accounts have a status of Inactive Never Used. Therefore, you can define the access privileges for users before allowing them access to the system. Before a new user can access the application, you must:

Add the user to the system.
Assign at least one role to the user.
Assign the user to at least one work team (coders and approvers only).
Activate the user.

For security, a Central Coding administrator can define three types of users on the [User Name] page. The Central Coding application authenticates each type as follows:

Security user types

User type	Authentication type
Native	User ID and password must match encrypted data from the Central Coding database.
Windows	User must be part of a Windows domain. Password must be validated by a Windows API.
Certificate	Password must be validated against a digital certificate.