====== Users ======

  Defines the authentication parameters used by the connectors
  
===== Purpose =====

  * User profiles are a sets of user and password associated to connectors for authentication.
  * Authentication parameters are not defined in the connectors directly, but via an association with a user profile.
  * This makes easier to maintain credentials when it is shared by multiple connectors.
  * User profiles can be reached in menu **Monitoring->Users**

===== Definition =====

  * An user profile is defined by the below parameters:

^ Parameter ^ Description ^
| Title | The display name of the user |
| Name | The user name used for authentication |
| Password | The user password |
| Description | An optional description |
| Group | User profiles are associated to a group, and can only be used by connectors from this group |

  * Once a user profile is created, you can then **associate it** with a connector.
  * Go to **connectors** menu and **edit** the target connector, then select the user profile
===== User table =====

  * From the user table you **edit, delete and clone** users
  * It is not possible to delete users when associated to a connector