Access to viewing and managing DotNetNuke portals is controlled using User Accounts and Security Roles.

The basic concept is that users can be given permission to view pages and modules, as well as edit pages and modules by being added to one or more security roles (roles).

Working with User Accounts

• Administrators can create user accounts for any person, or they can enable site visitors to register themselves for a user account.
• Once a user has an authorized user account, they can access all pages and modules that are restricted to members of the Registered Users role.
• Individual users can be granted view and/or edit permission to page or module.
• All users who are a member of a selected role can be granted view and/or edit permission to page or module.

Overview of Editor Roles

• Module Editors: A Module Editor is any user who has been assigned permission to edit one or more modules.
• Page Editors: A Page Editor is any user who has been assigned permission to edit one or more site pages. Page Editors can manage module content and module settings on all modules on their pages. They can also add child pages below their pages.
• Administrators: An Administrator is any register user who is a member of the Administrator security role. Administrators can manage all page and module content on the site.
• Host: The Host can manage all page and module content on all sites within the DNN Installation. The Host also has access to the Host pages where portals can be created, where default settings for all portals can be managed, and portal specific host settings can be managed.
• Host Accounts: A Host Account member is any user who has been added to the Host Accounts  section of the Host pages. These members permanent rights to manage all page and module content for the portal they are associated with.

Overview of Role Based Access to Pages and Modules

• All Users: Includes all unauthenticated and authenticated users. 
• Unauthenticated Users: These are users who are visiting the site but have not logged in to the site. These users may or may not be registered on the site. This is public access. 
• Registered Users A Registered User of the site. Registered Users are able to manage their User Account online, and may also belong to one or more security roles. 
• Administrators: Administrators have the ability to edit all content and pages within a single site.