.. _users_and_groups:

Users and Groups
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Users and Groups are always stored in the Django database. This is a requirement so that ``Roles`` and
``Permissions`` can relate to them.

:User: Provided by Django with the ``django.contrib.auth.models.User`` model.
:Group: Provided by Django with the ``django.contrib.auth.models.Group`` model.

Any role can be assigned to either users, groups, or both. This includes both Model-level and
Object-level role assignments. Direct permission assignments are not recommended and cannot be
operated on within the Pulp-API.