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page_title: Configuration
sidebar_title: User
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  How to configure a Boundary user
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# User

A user is any entity authorized to access Boundary using authentication credentials specific to one of the configured Authentication Methods. A User is owned by one and only one Organization. A User is associated with zero or one Authentication Methods. A User not associated with an Authentication Method can not log in to the system. A User can belong to zero or more Groups. A User inherits from Principal ("is-a" Principal) allowing it to be associated with zero or more Roles. A User is deleted when the Organization it belongs to is deleted. The lifecycle of a User is not tied to the lifecycle of any Authentication Method, Group or Role, but rather to its Organization only

```shell-session
+-------------------------------------+
|           Organization              |
+-------------------------------------+
|  User 1    |  User 2    |  User 3   |
+-------------------------------------+
```

# Attributes

### ID

A user ID has a `u_` prefix followed by ten digits.

Example: `u_0123456789`

### Name

A user name is the friendly name of a user resource.

### Description

A user description is the friendly description of the user resource.

# Referenced By

- [Groups]()
- [Roles]()
- [Organization]()