Configuring access control security

Odoo includes built-in access control mechanisms. A user will only be able to use the features he was granted access to. This means that the Library features we created are not accessible by users. The admin user can because it is a special case; the access control mechanisms don't apply to it.

The access control is based on Groups. A security Group is given access to Models, and this will determine the menu items available to the users belonging to that Group. For more fine-grained control, we can also give access to specific Menu Items, Views, Fields, and even data records (with Record Rules).

The security Groups are also organized around apps, and usually each app provides at least two Groups: User, ...

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