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Carol Willing
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@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ You can restrict which users are allowed to login with `Authenticator.whitelist`
c.Authenticator.whitelist = {'mal', 'zoe', 'inara', 'kaylee'} c.Authenticator.whitelist = {'mal', 'zoe', 'inara', 'kaylee'}
``` ```
Users listed in the whitelist are added to the Hub database when the Hub is
started.
### Managing Hub administrators ### Managing Hub administrators
Admin users of JupyterHub have the ability to take actions on users' behalf, Admin users of JupyterHub have the ability to take actions on users' behalf,
@@ -427,12 +430,17 @@ Note: additional configuration examples are provided in this guide's
### Add or remove users from the Hub ### Add or remove users from the Hub
Users can be added and removed to the Hub via the admin panel or REST API. These users will be Users can be added to and removed from the Hub via either the admin panel or
added to the whitelist and database. Restarting the Hub will not require manually updating the REST API.
whitelist in your config file, as the users will be loaded from the database. This means that
after starting the Hub once, it is not sufficient to remove users from the whitelist in your If a user is **added**, the user will be automatically added to the whitelist
config file. You must also remove them from the database, either by discarding the database file, and database. Restarting the Hub will not require manually updating the
or via the admin UI. whitelist in your config file, as the users will be loaded from the database.
After starting the Hub once, it is not sufficient to **remove** a user from
the whitelist in your config file. You must also remove the user from the Hub's
database, either by deleting the user from the admin page, or you can clear
the `jupyterhub.sqlite` database and start fresh.
The default `PAMAuthenticator` is one case of a special kind of authenticator, called a The default `PAMAuthenticator` is one case of a special kind of authenticator, called a
`LocalAuthenticator`, indicating that it manages users on the local system. When you add a user to `LocalAuthenticator`, indicating that it manages users on the local system. When you add a user to