User Management

Not all the administrators in an organization will have access to all the switches, routers, and other core devices in the network. The access to passwords, SNMP community strings, etc., of these core devices will be available only to few senior administrators as any minor configuration errors may bring down the whole network or affect the business activities. In such cases, it is required to have different roles within the product to differentiate different users.

You can also authenticate users via Active Directory.

OpUtils allows you to create users in two different roles in administering the product:

Administrator Role

Users in the Administrator Role can perform all the activities in OpUtils. They can add, modify, delete any devices in all the tools and can set up specific configuration parameters like configuring email alerts.

Operator

Users in read-only role will only have read access to the tools. They will not be able to add or delete any devices and or initiate scanning or other configurations.

Access Restrictions

The table below will list the various operations and the access levels of different roles:

Tool	Operations	Admin Role	Operator
Switch Port Mapper	Add Switch	Yes	No
	Schedule Scanning	Yes	No
	Changing Settings	Yes	No
	Manual Scanning	Yes	No
	Deleting a Switch	Yes	No
	Adding Custom Column	Yes	No
		At Port Level
	Disable Interface	Yes	No
	Enable Interface	Yes	No
	Modify Alias Name	Yes	No
	Get Port Status	Yes	No
	Exclude Port	Yes	No
IP Address Manager	Adding Subnets	Yes	No
	Discovering Subnets	Yes	No
	Changing Settings	Yes	No
	Scheduling Scan	Yes	No
		IP Level
	Changing Reserved Status (Reserved, Not Reserved)	Yes	No
	Changing Used Status (Used, Available, Transient)	Yes	No
	Changing Authenticity (Trusted, Guest, Rogue)	Yes	No
	Adding Custom Column	Yes	No
Rogue Detection	Changing Authenticity (Trusted, Guest, Rogue)	Yes	No
	Block/Unblock Port	Yes	No
	Configure Alert	Yes	No
Ping	Adding a Device	Yes	No
	Modifying/Deleting a Device	Yes	No
	Configuring Alerts	Yes	No
	Scheduling Monitoring	Yes	No
Administrative Functions	Add or modify any users in OpUtils.	Yes	No
	Configuring general OpUtils Settings	Yes	No
	Configuring SMTP Settings (Settings tab)	Yes	No
	Changing or Resetting the Password	Yes	No
	Configuring Scheduled Backup of the OpUtils Database.	Yes	No

User Management

The default admin user will only be able to add any new user or modify or delete them.

To add a user

Click the Settings tab and choose User Management from the left panel.

This will display the users that have been already added. Click Add User and choose the authentication as Local or Active Directory. You should add your domains for enabling Active Directory Authentication.

You must specify the Email Address, Phone Number, and Description of the user.

Specify the password and the role.

Click the Add User button. The User is added to the User Account Data table.

To modify a user

Go to Settings >> User Management

In the UI that opens, click on the respective username

Change the access level and device list of the user as desired and Click "Save"

To delete a user

Go to Settings >> User Management

In the UI that opens, click the delete icon present against the respective username. The user will be removed from Network Configuration Manager once and for all