User management configuration settings 

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Manage your Mattermost users including their access permissions, groups, teams, channels, as well as their access to the System Console. Configure this feature in the System Console by going to User Management:

Users 

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E10/E20

Manage active and inactive users, revoke all user sessions, access individual users to view their User ID, add users to other teams, and view the teams they are on and what their role is on a team.

  • System Config path: User Management > Users

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

Groups 

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E20

Manage default teams and channels by linking AD/LDAP groups to Mattermost groups.

  • System Config path: User Management > Groups

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

See the AD/LDAP groups documentation for details.

Teams 

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E20

Manage team settings, including group synchronization for teams.

  • System Config path: User Management > Teams

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

See the using AD/LDAP synchronized groups to manage team or private channel membership documentation for details.

Channels 

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E20

Manage channel settings, including group synchronization on channels.

  • System Config path: User Management > Channels

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

Channels can be deleted with all content, including posts in the database, using the mmctl channel delete tool.

Note: You can search for channels by channel name or by channel ID.

Permissions 

Note

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Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E10/E20

Restrict actions in Mattermost to authorized users only.

  • System Config path: User Management > Permissions

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

See advanced permissions documentation for details

System roles 

Available in legacy Enterprise Edition E10/E20

Restrict System Console access to authorized users only.

  • System Config path: User Management > System Roles

  • config.json setting: N/A

  • Environment variable: N/A

See additional system admin roles documentation for details