# Accounts on Docker Hub ## Docker Hub accounts You can `search` for Docker images and `pull` them from [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com) without signing in or even having an account. However, in order to `push` images, leave comments or to *star* a repository, you are going to need a [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com) account. ### Registration for a Docker Hub account You can get a [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com) account by [signing up for one here](https://hub.docker.com/account/signup/). A valid email address is required to register, which you will need to verify for account activation. ### Email activation process You need to have at least one verified email address to be able to use your [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com) account. If you can't find the validation email, you can request another by visiting the [Resend Email Confirmation]( https://hub.docker.com/account/resend-email-confirmation/) page. ### Password reset process If you can't access your account for some reason, you can reset your password from the [*Password Reset*](https://hub.docker.com/account/forgot-password/) page. ## Organizations and groups A Docker Hub organization contains public and private repositories just like a user account. Access to push, pull or create these organisation owned repositories is allocated by defining groups of users and then assigning group rights to specific repositories. This allows you to distribute limited access Docker images, and to select which Docker Hub users can publish new images. ### Creating and viewing organizations You can see what organizations [you belong to and add new organizations]( https://hub.docker.com/account/organizations/) from the Account Settings tab. They are also listed below your user name on your repositories page and in your account profile.  ### Organization groups Users in the `Owners` group of an organization can create and modify the membership of groups. Unless they are the organization's `Owner`, users can only see groups of which they are members.  ### Repository group permissions Use organization groups to manage who can interact with your repositories. You need to be a member of the organization's `Owners` group to create a new group, Hub repository or automated build. As an `Owner`, you then delegate the following repository access rights to groups: - `Read` access allows a user to view, search, and pull a private repository in the same way as they can a public repository. - `Write` access users are able to push to non-automated repositories on the Docker Hub. - `Admin` access allows the user to modify the repositories "Description", "Collaborators" rights, "Mark as unlisted", "Public/Private" status and "Delete". > **Note**: A User who has not yet verified their email address will only have > `Read` access to the repository, regardless of the rights their group membership > gives them.