# Identity Management

#### Rights and Metadata Preservation

When Nodeum performs data movement between different storage types, it preserves rights, ownership, and metadata from the source storage.

#### Authentication and Authorization

**Storage Access**

Data movements are executed with root privileges to access all storage systems comprehensively.

#### Nodeum Interface

Nodeum is accessible through several interfaces, employing various user management systems:

* Local user management
* LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
* Active Directory