> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.curator.interworks.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Frontend Users

> Manage local Curator user accounts including creation, permissions and configuration for Curator Users authentication.

> [!NOTE]
>
> This is only relevant for use with the authentication setting **Curator Users**

If you're using [Curator Users](https://docs.curator.interworks.com/setup/authentication/curator_users.md)
as the authentication source (or SAML IdP), the system will enable administrators to manage the
frontend users.

***To enable management of frontend users:***

1. Navigate to the backend of the system (e.g. `http://curatorexample.com/backend`).
2. Log in if prompted.
3. Click on **Settings** > **Security** > **Authentication Settings** in the left navigation.
4. Select "Curator Users" for the authentication type.
5. Click on the "Save" button.

***To manage frontend users:***

1. Navigate to the backend of the system (e.g. `http://curatorexample.com/backend`).
2. Log in if prompted.
3. Click on the **Settings** > **Users** > **Frontend Users** in the left navigation.
4. Click on the "New Frontend User" button to create a new user, or click on an existing user to modify user details or permissions.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The **Password** field has an eye icon at its right edge. Click it to reveal what you have typed, and click it again
> to hide it. This only ever shows text you typed in the current session -- the field is always empty when the form
> loads, so an existing password is never revealed.

If you're using an external identity provider instead of Curator Users, see
[Just-in-time (JIT) Provisioning](https://docs.curator.interworks.com/users_groups/user_management/just_in_time_jit_provisioning.md) for how Frontend User
accounts are created automatically on first sign-in.

> [!NOTE]
>
> There is no bulk or CSV import for Frontend Users in the backend UI -- the "New Frontend User" button and each user's
> edit form both create or update one user at a time. To create many users without repeating those steps manually,
> script calls to the [`/user/createFrontendUser`](https://docs.curator.interworks.com/curator_api/api_docs/user_api) API endpoint or the
> [`usermgmt:frontendusercreate`](https://docs.curator.interworks.com/curator_api/artisan_commands/frontendusercreate) artisan command instead. This is
> unrelated to the Frontend Group [Batch Create](https://docs.curator.interworks.com/users_groups/user_management/users_and_groups_overview.md) feature,
> which creates groups, not users.


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