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{{ Note | In version 4, [[User Manager/Profiles | profiles]] are used for [[User Manager/Users | user]] limiting }}

== Introduction ==
[[User Manager/Users | User]] actions can be limited in several dimensions:
* time
* traffic amount (download and upload)
* rate limits (speed)

== Time ==
Time can be managed in two ways: user's ''uptime-limit'' field and [[User Manager/Credits | credit]]'s ''time'' field.

=== Uptime limit ===
Uptime limit is maximum time amount a user is allowed to be active (to have [[User Manager/Active sessions | active sessions]]). If the user's ''uptime-limit'' field is left blank, he/she has no uptime limit. See the [[#Example | example]] below.

Used-uptime for a user is sum of durations of all sessions this user has. Used-uptime can not exceed uptime-limit.

User's request to start a new session is processed as follows:
* uptime-limit for the user is checked. If it is not specified, start a new session, otherwise proceed to next step.
* uptime-left is calculated (left = allowed - used). If uptime-left is not positive, raise an error, otherwise proceed to next step.
* session-timeout is set and a new session is started.

=== Credit time ===
[[User Manager/Subscribers | Subscriber]] can define available [[User Manager/Credits | credit vouchers]]. User can buy those vouchers, customers can assign available credits to users. [[User Manager/Credits #User credits | User credits]] are valid specific time. This means, when a credit is started, it must be used within a time specified. User can have active sessions only while he/she has valid credits. See the [[#Example | example]] below.

=== Example ===
If a user must be allowed to use 2 hours of Internet access and he/she must use these 2 hours within one week, then the ''uptime-limit'' field must be set to ''2h'' and the user must be assigned a credit with time equal to ''1w'' (See [[User Manager/Character constants | character constants]] for more information about time limit constants).

== Traffic amount ==
User has fields ''download-limit'' and ''upload-limit''. To specify unlimited amount, leave blank the proper field.
Limits are specified in bytes. For example, to allow download 1GB, ''download-limit'' field must have value of 1073741824 (1073741824 bytes = 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes = 1 gigabyte).

== Rate limits ==
User has field ''rate-limit''. This field is available straight in the console, but is divided in several fields in web-interface, to ease the input process. For more detailed description about the meaning of these fields see CableFree HotSpot User AAA documentation, HotSpot User Profiles, Property description, rate-limit.

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