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Fivemanage uses a role-based access control (RBAC) system to ensure your team members have the appropriate level of access to your resources. Each role comes with a set of default permissions that can be further customized.

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Role Overview

RoleDescriptionBest For
OwnerFull control over the team, billing, and all settings.Team creators and organization leads.
AdminHigh-level management access for members and settings.Managers and team leads.
DeveloperAccess to technical resources like logs and tokens.Software engineers and developers.
MemberBasic view-only access to the dashboard.Staff, observers or new team members.

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Detailed Role Breakdown

The Owner role has absolute authority over the team.Capabilities:
  • Manage billing and subscriptions.
  • Change the team name and delete the team.
  • Invite, remove, and change roles for all members (including Admins).
  • Full access to all API tokens, logs, and integrations.
  • Access to the Danger Zone for mass deletion.
Admins can manage day-to-day operations and team settings.Capabilities:
  • Invite new members and manage pending invitations.
  • Update roles for Developer and Member roles.
  • Configure storage settings and retention policies.
  • Create and manage API tokens.
  • Modify integrations (Discord, etc.).
Developers focus on the technical implementation and monitoring.Capabilities:
  • View and copy API tokens (read-only by default).
  • Access and search through logs.
  • View storage assets and folders.
  • Cannot change organizational settings or billing.
Members have minimal access, primarily for viewing data.Capabilities:
  • View the storage dashboard and assets.
  • View basic team information.
  • No management permissions by default.

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Customizing Permissions

While roles provide a starting point, Owners and Admins can fine-tune permissions for individual members.

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Permission Categories

  • Logs: Control whether a user can read or search team logs.
  • Tokens: Granular control over reading existing tokens or creating new ones.
  • Integrations: Permission to modify external connections like Discord bots and webhooks.
Note on Inheritance: When you change a member’s role, their permissions are automatically updated to the default for that new role. You can then manually toggle specific permissions if needed.

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How to Change a Role

1

Go to Team Management

Navigate to Settings > Manage Team in your dashboard.
2

Edit Member

Find the member in the list and click the Settings (gear icon) next to their name.
3

Update Role & Save

Select the new role from the dropdown menu and click Save Changes.
Only the Owner can transfer ownership or remove other Owners. Admins cannot change the role of an Owner.