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An '''internal''' user is a user who is part of your company/foundation and can use the Dolibarr system.
An '''internal''' user is a user who is part of your company/foundation and can use the Dolibarr system.


An '''external''' user can be a customer, a supplier or other who is permitted to use the Dolibarr system.
An '''external''' user can be a customer, a supplier or other who is permitted to use the Dolibarr system. So an external user is always linked to a thirdparty object (customer or supplier)


In both cases, permissions define the access level to the system.  
In both cases, permissions define the access level (read, write, delete) to the data.  


External user can have a different menu manager than internal user (See Home - Setup - Display)
The main difference between an internal and an external user is that an external user can see (if permissions were granted) only the objects linked the the third party of the user. So the external user "Mr smith" of company "Customer and co" can only see orders, invoices, proposals, ... created for "Customer and co".
 
So external users are mostly used to give an access to the ERP to your customer or resellers so they can't see nothing related to other customer or suppliers.
Internal users are often used to give access to the employees.
 
Note that external users can also have a different menu manager than internal users (See Home - Setup - Display), but this is not often used


== Creating an internal user ==
== Creating an internal user ==

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