User Administration

Under User Administration, you can :

• View User List
• Create new user
• Import user from AD

Viewing User List

The screen displays a list of users that are configured to access the Security Manager Plus web administration UI.

The username 'admin' cannot be deleted from the system. The password for 'admin' can be reset by using the Change Password option.

Deleting users - In order to delete users, select the login names from the users list, and click on the 'Delete' link.

Create New User

Click on the 'Add New User' button and, specify the following parameters :

• Login Name  - user name, can be any unique name e.g. dbeckham

• Password - password for logging in. This can be the same as the login name, but it is recommended to specify a different password (select the appropriate radio button)

• Confirm Password - re-enter the same password for confirmation

• E-mail address - The email address provided will be used : 

  1. as the default from address in the instant feedback form, for that particular user login.
  2. in case you forgot your password. A new password will be generated and sent to this mail-id.

Click on the 'Save' button to add the user. This configuration will appear in the User List in the previous screen.

Import User from AD

The users present in the Active Directory (AD) of your Domain Controller can be allowed to login to the Security Manager Plus web interface. For this, you will first need to import the user from the AD into Security Manager Plus and then activate the AD authentication for login.

To import user, click 'Import User From AD' button, specify the following parameters :

• Domain Name: name of the Windows domain where the AD server is present. Choose from existing domain list or add a new domain
• Domain Controller : name of the domain controller/AD server machine which has the Active Directory, from which you want to import users
• User Name : the user name (with administrator privileges) to login to AD
• Password : the password for the above user
• Users to Import : list of valid users from AD that needs to be imported into Security Manager Plus

Click on the 'Save' button to add the user. This configuration will appear in the User List in the previous screen.

Activating/Deactivating AD authentication

The Active Directory Authentication will be Activated after you finish importing at least one user from AD using the above steps. You can disable this by clicking on the Deactivate button.

Note :

• This feature is available only when the Security Manager Plus Server is running on a Windows system.
• When AD Server authentication is enabled, you will be able to login to Security Manager Plus only using the valid AD user names/password that have been imported. Logging in using the other user names created manually or even by the default user names (admin & guest) will not be possible.