Enterprise Single Sign-On 9.0.2 - Authentication Manager Cluster Administration Guide

Ending a Session Delegation

Ending a Session Delegation

Procedure

1. Right-click the Authentication Manager icon in the notification area and select Manage Session Delegation.
2. Reauthenticate yourself.

   The Windows session delegation window appears.

3. Clear the check box(es) corresponding to the workstation(s) for which you want to end the delegation.
4. Select the delegate for whom you want to end the delegation and click the Remove button.

   NOTE: Click the Remove all button to remove all the delegations at once.

5. Click Apply.

   The session delegation has ended.

   NOTE: If the delegate ends the delegation, the delegated workstation(s) is(are) locked.

Accessing a Colleague’s Workstation

Accessing a Colleague’s Workstation

Subject

If you are a delegate (temporary or permanent), you can take control over one of your colleague’s locked workstation(s) to monitor or intervene in any of his ongoing operations.

The Windows context is the one of the user who has opened the session and the SSO engine (if any) is suspended.

You can access a colleague’s workstation whether you are:

• Inside a cluster: Accessing a Colleague’s Workstation in a Cluster.
• Outside a cluster: Accessing a Colleague’s Workstation outside a Cluster.

Accessing a Colleague’s Workstation in a Cluster

Accessing a Colleague’s Workstation in a Cluster

The delegated workstations are not attached to the delegate cluster and the operations performed on these workstations are not propagated to the cluster.

Taking control over another workstation

Taking control over another workstation

Before starting

• Your colleague must have designated you as his Primary delegate or his backup.
• Your colleague’s workstation(s) must be locked.

Procedure

1. Double-click the Authentication Manager icon in the notification area.
2. Reauthenticate if needed.

   The following window appears with the list of workstations you are authorized to take control over.

   NOTE: If you are allowed a permanent session delegation, all the workstations are displayed whether they are delegated temporarily or permanently.

   

3. Select the workstation(s) you want to take control over and click the Unlock button.

   NOTE: Click the Select all button to select all the displayed workstations.

   You now have the control over the selected workstation(s).