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chore(docs): User (Human) naming consistency (#11512)
# Which Problems Are Solved Naming inconsistencies - User (Human) # How the Problems Are Solved Most of the occurrences have not been changed. `User (Human)` was mostly changed when talking about code objects and where I felt it was necessary to distinguish them from machine users. When both human and machine user occurrences were found, the machine user has been changed to service account (see https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/11285) # Additional Context - Closes #11284 --------- Co-authored-by: Wim Van Laer <[email protected]>
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Managers are [human users or service users](/guides/manage/console/users-overview) who have permission to manage resources within ZITADEL.
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Managers are [users or service accounts](/guides/manage/console/users-overview) who have permission to manage resources within ZITADEL.
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Manager permissions can be assigned to different levels in ZITADEL:
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Each organization has its own pool of usernames, which includes human and service users, for its domain (`{username}@{OrganizationDomain}.$CUSTOM_DOMAIN`). A username is unique within your organization. You can configure ZITADEL to use your own domain, and simplify user experience (`{loginname}@{yourdomain.tld}`).
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Each organization has its own pool of usernames, which includes users and service accounts, for its domain (`{username}@{OrganizationDomain}.$CUSTOM_DOMAIN`). A username is unique within your organization. You can configure ZITADEL to use your own domain, and simplify user experience (`{loginname}@{yourdomain.tld}`).
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## Types of users
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ZITADEL supports authentication and authorization for different user types.
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We can mainly differentiate between Human Users and Machine Users.
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We can mainly differentiate between Users and Service Accounts.
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We typically call human users simply "Users" and machine users "Service Users".
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### Human users
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### Users
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Human users typically logon with an interactive login.
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Users typically logon with an interactive login.
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This means that an application redirects a user to a website ("login page") where the user can provide the credentials.
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ZITADEL handles the authentication and provides the application with a token that verifies the authentication process.
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Service users are for machine-to-machine communication and you would use those typically to access secure backend services.
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For example in ZITADEL you would require an authenticated Service User to access the Management API.
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The main difference between human and machine users is the type of credentials that can be used for authentication: Human users typically logon via an login prompt, but Machine users require a non-interactive logon process.
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The main difference between users and service accounts is the type of credentials that can be used for authentication: users typically logon via an login prompt, but service accounts require a non-interactive logon process.
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Learn how to [use service users](/guides/integrate/service-users/authenticate-service-users) with ZITADEL.
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Learn how to [use service accounts](/guides/integrate/service-accounts/authenticate-service-accounts) with ZITADEL.
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### Managers
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Any user, human or service user, can be given a [Manager](/concepts/structure/managers) role.
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Any user or service account can be given a [Manager](/concepts/structure/managers) role.
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A user with an administrator role is not only an end-user of ZITADEL but can also manage certain aspects of ZITADEL itself.
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### Federated users
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