# User Accounts

Each person accessing RIMS needs to have either own user account. This is required so that the actions that a user performed can be tracked for auditing later.

A user account consists of three pieces of information: a username, an email address and a password.

You accounts can be created by do not have to be enabled, this is done by not checking the "Account Active" checkbox.

Similarly you can disable a user account by editing the account and unselecting the "Account Active" checkbox. This will stop the user from logging into the system.

![Account Active](http://localhost:56758/Content/Images/Help/categories/User/account-active.png)

A user can then either be assigned to roles manually or by using a preset profile. You can start by selecting a profile, then by choosing the "Select Roles" tab to further customize the users permissions.

![User Roles](http://localhost:56758/Content/Images/Help/categories/User/role-profiles.png)
