# KOPIA server: SERVER\_CONTROL\_USER

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**Created:** [April 6, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-server-server-control-user/1033 "2022-04-06T23:15:37Z")\
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This user is for control operations, it’s primarily used by KopiaUI by can also be used for triggering snapshots:

Here’s the current list of APIs that require this user:

> <https://github.com/kopia/kopia/blob/5d87d817335f6d547e094ab80062113dc3a1fdf4/internal/server/server.go#L169>

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