# User administration

Unify has different types user accounts. Depending on the type of user, you will have different privileges.

### User types and privileges

There are different types of user accounts:

- Administrator

- Operator

Your Epiphan Cloud user type will determine your Epiphan Unify user type. For example, If you are logged into Epiphan Cloud as *admin* when you log into Epiphan Unify, you will log into Epiphan Unify as *administrator*. If you are logged into Epiphan Cloud as *operator* when you log into Epiphan Unify, you will log into Epiphan Unify as *operator*.

**Administrator**

 The administrator account is used for all system configuration and has full access to all configuration features with full access to the web-based Admin panel, local console, and remote log in access.

**Operator**

The **operator** account allows users limited configuration control with limited access to the web-based Admin panel and remote login access.

Operators can to do the following:

- Configure inputs

- Control recordings (start and stop)

- Rename, download and delete recordings

- Perform network diagnostics

- Switch layouts while live streaming

If an operator does not have the privileges to apply a particular configuration in the Admin panel, the **Apply **button appears grayed-out in color and is not selectable. Administrators can grant operators permission to perform some administrator tasks, see Assign administrator privileges to operators.

**User privileges**

The following table outlines the default privileges for each user level. For administrator-level privileges that can be assign to operators, see Assign administrator privileges to operators.

**Table 1 User privileges in the Admin panel**

| **Action or Menu Option** | **operator** | **admin** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| View channel output | ü | ü |
| **Channel Operations** |
| View channel configuration | ü | ü |
| Rename a channel |  | ü |
| Configure stream channel |  | ü |
| Configure stream sources |  | ü |
| Start/stop recording | ü | ü |
| Start/stop a stream | ü | ü |
| Configure channel metadata |  | ü |
| View recorded files list | ü | ü |
| Rename recorded files | ü | ü |
| Download recorded files | ü | ü |
| Delete recorded files | ü | ü |
| **Input Source Operations** |
| View input source configuration | ü | ü |
| Rename input |  | ü |
| Configure input | ü | ü |
| View input snapshot | ü | ü |
| **System Configuration Operations** |
| View system configuration | ü | ü |
| Configure Automatic File Upload (AFU) |  | ü |
| Configure date and time preferences (only time zone selection in Unify) |  | ü |
| Upload and delete media |  | ü |
| Backup device configuration |  | ü |
| Restore device configuration |  | ü |
| View System Information | ü | ü |

### Assign administrator privileges to operators

Administrators can assign additional administrative-level privileges to operators from the Security menu in the Admin panel. The following table lists the available options and their associated privileges.

**Table 2 Options with additional operator privileges**

| **Option** | Operator admin functions |
| --- | --- |
| **Channel configuration** | Add, remove, and rename a channel |
|  | Configure channel encoder settings |
|  | Create and configure a custom layout for a channel |
|  | Configure, remove, rename, and publish a stream for a channel |
|  | Configure channel metadata |
|  | Upload, download, and delete media files |
| **Input configuration ** | Add and rename video and audio inputs |
| **Configuration presets control**1 | Create, delete, and apply configuration presets |
| **System configuration** | Configure the video output settings |
|  | Configure Automatic File Upload (AFU) |
|  | Configure the date and time preferences (only time zone is configurable in Unify) |
| **System maintenance** | Apply configuration presets2 |

1Only configuration presets that don't include the System group are allowed.
2Allow operators to apply configuration presets that include the System group.

**Assign administrative privileges to operators using the Admin panel**

- Log in to the Admin panel as **admin**, see Connect to the Admin panel.

- From the Configuration menu, select **Security**. The Security configuration page opens.

- Under **Additional operator privileges**, check options to assign those administrator privileges to operators, and then click **Apply**.

> product: unify · topic: security · source: unify-userguide.md · updated: Oct 7, 2026