Manage Members
The Manage Members menu is used to change the user roles assigned to members belonging to a team.
User Roles
The following user roles are assigned from the Manage Members menu option in the team site main menu.
System Admin
The System Administrator is typically a member of the IT staff and has the follow privileges:
- Access to the System Console from the main menu in any team site.
- Change any setting on the Mattermost server available in the System Console.
- Promote and demote other users to and from the System Admin role.
- This role also has all the privileges of the Team Administrator as described below
The first user added to a newly installed Mattermost system is assigned the System Admin role.
Team Admin
The Team Administrator is typically a non-technical end user and has the following privileges:
- Access to the "Team Settings" menu from the team site main menu
- Ability to change the team name and import data from Slack export files
- Access to the "Manage Members" menu and change user roles to the levels of Team Administrator, Member and Inactive
Member
This is the default role given to end users who join the system. Members have basic permissions to use the Mattermost team site.
Inactive
This status is given to users whose accounts are marked inactive. These users can no longer log into the system.
Because Mattermost is designed as a system-of-record, there is not an option to delete users from the Mattermost system, as such an operation could compromise the integrity of message archives.