From 53aefd31a1f80a616e4f6f1fdf0f27a762336af0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:52:46 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] suggestion for users language. (#629) --- website/content/docs/concepts/domain-model/users.mdx | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/content/docs/concepts/domain-model/users.mdx b/website/content/docs/concepts/domain-model/users.mdx index f1fcc98e0..427022e1f 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/concepts/domain-model/users.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/concepts/domain-model/users.mdx @@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ A user is a resource that represents an individual person or entity for the purposes of access control. A user can be associated with zero or more [accounts][]. -A user authenticates to Boundary through one of the accounts associated with that user. -However, if a user is not associated with any account, -they will not be able to access Boundary. +A user authenticates to Boundary through an associated account +and must be associated with at least one account before they can access Boundary. -A user is a principal +A user is also a principal which allows it to be assigned to [roles][]. A user receives all the [permissions][] of the roles assigned directly to the user