Modifying SSH key sync groups
Users
A user is a person who can log in to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. You can add both local users and directory users. Directory users are users from an external identity store such as Microsoft Active Directory. For more information, see Users and user groups. in Overview of the Entities.
Your administrator permissions determine what you can view in Users. Users displayed in a faded color are disabled. The following table shows you the tabs that are available to each type of administrator.
- Authorizer Administrator: General, History
- User Administrator: General, User Groups (directory users only), History
- Help Desk Administrator: General, History
- Auditor: General, Owned Objects, User Groups, Entitlements, Linked Accounts, History
- Asset Administrator: General, Owned Objects
- Security Policy Administrator: General, User Groups, Entitlements, Linked Accounts, History
The Authorizer Administrator typically controls the Enabled/Disabled state. For more information, see Activating or disabling a user account.
Users view
The Users view displays the following information about a selected user:
Toolbar
Use these toolbar buttons to manage users:
General tab (user)
The General tab lists information about the selected user.
Large tiles at the top of the tab display the number of Owned Objects, User Groups, Entitlements, and Linked Accounts associated with the selected user, based on the user's permissions. Clicking a tile heading opens the corresponding tab.
The tiles visible depend on your administrator permissions:
- All tiles are visible to the Auditor.
- Owned Objects tile is visible to Asset Administrator.
- User Groups, Entitlements, and Linked Accounts tiles are visible to Security Policy Administrator.
Navigate to Administrative Tools | Users | General.
Table 206: Users General tab: Authentication properties
Identity |
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Identity Provider |
The source from which the user’s personal information comes from and is synchronized with. |
Username |
A user's display name. |
First Name |
The user's first name. |
Last Name |
The user's last name. |
Work Phone |
The user's work telephone number. |
Mobile Phone |
The user's mobile telephone number. |
Email Address |
The user's email address. |
Authentication |
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Authentication Provider |
How the user authenticates with Safeguard for Privileged Passwords:
- Certificate: with a certificate
- Local: with a user name and password
- Directory name: with directory credentials
|
Login name |
The identifier the user logs in with. |
Domain Name |
If the primary Authentication Provider is a directory, this indicates the directory's domain name. |
Distinguished Name |
The distinguished name for authentication. |
Secondary Authentication |
If you set up a user to require secondary authentication, this indicates the name of this user's secondary authentication service provider. |
Secondary Authentication Username |
The name of the user account on the secondary authentication service provider required at log in. |
Location |
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Time Zone |
User can change their time zone, by default. Or, the User Administrator can prohibit a user from changing the time zone, possibly to ensure adherence to policy. For more information, see Time Zone. |
Permissions |
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Permissions |
Lists the user's administrator permissions or "Standard User" if user does not have administrative permissions. |
Description |
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Description |
The description text entered the user information was added or updated. This may be entered on the User dialog, Identity tab in the Description text box. |
Related Topics
Modifying a user
User Groups tab (user)
The User Groups tab displays the user groups in which the selected user is a member.
The User Groups tab is available to a user with Auditor or Security Policy Administrator permissions and to the User Administrator for directory users (not for local users).
Navigate to Administrative Tools | Users | User Groups.
Table 207: Users: Users Groups tab properties
Name |
The user group name |
Type |
The type of group: User Group or Directory Group |
Distinguished Name |
The distinguished name of the group |
Description |
Information about the selected user group |
Use the following buttons on the details toolbar to manage the user groups associated with the selected user.
Table 208: Users: User Groups toolbar
Add User Group
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Add the user to one or more user groups to the user. For more information, see Adding a user to user groups. |
Remove Selected
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Remove the selected user group from the selected user. |
Refresh
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Retrieve and display an updated list of user groups associated with the selected user. |
Search
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To locate a specific user group in this list, enter the character string to be used to search for a match. For more information, see Search box. |