Users and Permissions

Liferay comes with a comprehensive framework to manage user access and roles within Liferay. To support complex organizational needs, there are several entities within the framework that you can use.

• Users - Every person who accesses a Liferay site is considered a user.
• User Groups - A user group is a list of users created for a specific purpose. User groups can be created across the hierarchical boundaries of organizations.
• Accounts - Accounts provide administrators with a way to organize and manage users for various commerce or business needs.
• Organizations - Organizations enable distributed user and site management that reflects real world organizational hierarchies. Organizations can nest to an unlimited number of hierarchical levels.
• Roles and Permissions - Roles join users with permissions. To get things done in Liferay, users must have the proper permissions.