Safeguard Authentication Services stores certain preferences and settings in Active Directory. This information is used by Safeguard Authentication Services clients and management tools so that behavior remains consistent across all platforms and tools. The Preferences window allows you to configure these settings and preferences:
Privileged Access Suite for Unix
Introducing One Identity Safeguard Authentication Services
About licenses
System requirements
Network requirements
Installing and configuring Safeguard Authentication Services
Install the management console
Install Safeguard Authentication Services Windows components
Configure Active Directory
Configure Unix agent components
Installing and joining from the Unix command line
The pre-installation diagnostic tool
The install script
Licensing Safeguard Authentication Services
Creating the application configuration from the Unix command line
Joining the domain
Getting started with Safeguard Authentication Services
Getting acquainted with the Control Center
Troubleshooting
Group Policy
Tools
Preferences
Learning the basics
Licensing
Display specifiers
Registering display specifiers
Unregistering display specifiers
Display specifier registration tables
Global Unix Options
Logging Options
Starling Two-Factor Authentication
One Identity Starling integration
Schema Attributes
Starling Two-Factor Authentication requirements
Setting up Starling users
Joining Safeguard Authentication Services with Starling
Configuring Starling to use a proxy server
Starling Attributes: Configure LDAP attributes for use with push notifications
Logging in with Starling Two-Factor Authentication
Unjoining from Starling
Disabling Starling 2FA for a specific PAM service
Unix Attributes
Management Console for Unix Configuration
Active Directory schema extensions
Configuring a custom schema mapping
Active Directory optimization
Starling Attributes: Configure LDAP attributes for use with push notifications
Adding a local group
Adding a local user account
Adding an Active Directory group account
Adding an Active Directory user account
Changing the default Unix attributes
Active Directory account administration
Enabling local user for AD authentication
Testing the mapped user login
Unix-enabling an Active Directory group
Unix-enabling an Active Directory user
Testing the Active Directory user login
Running reports
Use Safeguard Authentication Services PowerShell
Change Auditor for Authentication Services
Defender
Getting help from technical support
Disaster recovery
Long startup delays on Windows
Pointer Record updates are rejected
Resolving DNS problems
Resolving preflight failures
Time synchronization problems
Unable to install or upgrade
Unable to join the domain
Unable to log in
vasypd has unsatisfied dependencies
Enterprise package deployment
Preferences
Licensing
The Licensing section of the Preferences window in the Control Center displays a list of installed license files. You can add and remove license files at any time. The license files are stored in Active Directory and Safeguard Authentication Services Unix hosts automatically download and apply new license files from Active Directory.
Refer to About licenses for more information about licensing requirements.
Adding licenses using the Control Center
Getting started with Safeguard Authentication Services > Getting acquainted with the Control Center > Preferences > Adding licenses using the Control Center
To add licenses using the Control Center
- Open the Control Center and click Preferences on the left navigation pane.
- Expand the Licensing section. The list box displays all licenses currently installed in Active Directory.
to see the detail information for a license and copy the information, if needed.
- Under Options, select Add a license.
- Browse for one or more license files and click Open. The license appears in the list box.
Note: Unix hosts check for new licenses when the host is joined to the domain or every 24 hours by default. This can be changed by modifying the configuration-refresh-interval setting in vas.conf.
To remove a license, select the license and click Remove license.
To restore a removed license, click Undo Remove.
Display specifiers
Getting started with Safeguard Authentication Services > Getting acquainted with the Control Center > Preferences > Display specifiers
Display specifiers are Active Directory objects that provide information about how other objects in the directory display in client applications.
Note: The Register Display Specifiers link only displays in the Control Center when display specifiers are not already registered with Active Directory. If the display specifiers are registered, Control Center does not display the link.