Project Minato
Administration

Users

Manage user accounts — roles, banning, impersonation, and email verification tracking.

Go to Dashboard → Users to see every registered account. Admin users can manage roles, ban or unban accounts, and track email verification status.


Roles

Every account has one of two roles:

RoleCapabilities
AdminFull access to settings, scrapers, user management, queues, and exports.
UserStandard access — browse the library, manage their own watchlist, notifications, and API keys.

The first admin account is created during the setup wizard. Additional admins can be promoted from the Users page by an existing admin.

Admins cannot demote themselves — the UI prevents self-demotion to avoid locking everyone out.


Banning

Ban an account to block it from signing in. Open the dropdown on any user row and choose Ban.

FieldDescription
ReasonA short explanation displayed on the user's row in the admin table.
ExpirationOptional. When set, the ban lifts automatically at the specified time. Leave unset for permanent.

A banned user is signed out immediately and cannot authenticate again until unbanned. Admins cannot ban themselves.


Email verification

The user table shows whether each account has verified their email address (email_verified). Verification is handled by the auth system and displayed as a status indicator in the admin view.


Impersonation

Admins can impersonate other user accounts to troubleshoot issues or verify behaviour. When impersonating, the admin's session records who initiated it via the impersonatedBy column — providing a full audit trail.

Impersonation is an internal admin tool. No dedicated UI docs are needed beyond this reference.

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