Users

Purpose

This article reviews the User Administration tool.

 The User Administration tool is found in the Control Panel under Administration Tools - Users.  This screen is utilized to create users, modify users, enable/disable users and delete users.  

Administrators may also modify the user account for the following properties:

• Change user passwords
• Administer user groups
• Manager supervisor assignment
• Update user preferences
• Set user and password expiration
• View user history
• View user task list

Only enabled users are counted for licensing or billing purposes.

LDAP Capabilities

As users are administered within VisualVault, there is the ability to integrate VisualVault with LDAP authentication servers using LDAP Profiles. 

• After a profile has been set up administrators can import users into VisualVault. 
• Passwords for imported users are maintained by the LDAP source. 
• When integrating with LDAP authentication servers, the user accounts may not be easy to use in the VisualVault interface. 
  • Administrators can change the format used to display user names in the interface. 

Views and Licensing

User licenses in VisualVault are based on the number of enabled User ID's. 

• Each enabled User ID in the system must have a User License. 
• Users that are disabled are not counted against the license. 
• The "Public" user does not count as one of the user licenses. 
• For ease of security administration, it is recommended that users are assigned to groups, then groups are used to assign user roles and permissions.