When you connect to iManager, the server prompts for your username and password and authenticates your identity by reading the /etc/passwd file. If the username and password do not exist in that file, access is denied.

A root user has access to all files for which he or she has permission. Administrative users have pre-defined access to multiple user directories but do not have all the access that root has. A user accesses only his or her /home/username directory, such as /home/bob.

A user sees specific features of iManager based on his or her access privileges. For example, users having only FTP access use the File Manager. Likewise, users having only mail privileges can use the Mail Manager. Users having both privileges use Mail Manager and File Manager, but cannot create user accounts.