Permissions tabs

By default, new Cacti users will not have any permission to view graphs or administer the system. The access rights for these functions are set in the different tabs available once you have created the user. Let's look at these different tabs and what you can do with them.

Permissions

There are several generic permissions that can be set for a user. They are grouped by functionality:

• Normal User
• Template Editor
• General Administration
• System Administration
• External Link Permissions
• Plugin Permissions

Normal User permissions

Normal User permissions include the ability to view graphs and logs and to create reports and view external links:

Template Editor

The Template Editor enables everything required for creating, importing, and exporting Data or Graph templates. This section is required if you want to allow a user to define new templates for your devices or change existing templates:

General Administration

General Administration enables a user to create devices or sites, define new trees...