User levels

Only authorized users can work in ISPmanager. This article describes user levels in the control panel. 

There are three user levels in ISPmanager:

• Superuser (root);
• Administrator (admin);
• User.

Superuser (root)

A user account with the root permissions is created and used during the installation of ISPmanager. All other operations are performed with administrator permissions. 

A superuser can:

• manage other user accounts (admin, user): create, set up access permissions, delete;
• analyze the access and notifications logs;
• perform preliminary setup of the control panel.

Administrator (admin)

A user account with the administrator permissions (admin) is created during the installation of ISPmanager.  He can manage domains and domain names. 

An ISPmanager administrator can perform the following operations:

• manage user accounts: create, restrict permissions, delete;  
• manage domain names; 
• configure the control panel; 
• install and update software applications; 
• manage and configure web-servers; 
• set up PHP;
• configure protection for mail domains from spam and viruses; 
• set up the backup system.  

User

A user in ISPmanager is the owner of websites (WWW-domains). Only an ISPmanager administrator can create a user. 

A user can perform the following operations: 

• create and manage websites; 
• create mail domains and mailboxes; 
• create and manage databases;
• manage domain names;
• set up SSL-certificates for domain names.