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Configuring ePolicy Orchestrator
Server settings and the behaviors they control
sets mapped to Group1 and Group2 respectively. In this case, User1 will have a combined
permissions of P1 and P2 to the ePO server.
4 Add users to be created to the Active Directory group.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Configuration | Server Settings, then select User Auto Creation from
the Settings Categories list.
2 Click Edit. The Edit User Auto Creation page opens.
3 Select Automatically create ePO user records for Active Directory users at logon,
then click Save.
NOTE:
• Users are not automatically created if they do not belong to a group with at least one
mapped permission set.
• You cannot create a global administrator using user autocreation.
4 The user can log on to ePO server with Active Directory credentials.
Viewing and changing communication ports
Use this task to view the ports that ePolicy Orchestrator uses for communication with distributed
components. These ports were originally configured during installation. After installation you
can change only the two ports used for agent communication. If you need to change other
ports, you must reinstall the server and reconfigure the ports in the installation wizard.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Configuration | Server Settings, select Ports, then click Edit. The Edit
Ports page appears.
2 Change the agent-server communication port or agent broadcast communication port as
necessary, then click Save.
NOTE: The agent-server communication port is used for agent-server communication; the
agent broadcast port is used for SuperAgent wake-up calls. Any changes take effect during
the next agent-server communication.
SSL certificates
The browsers supported by ePO show a warning about a server's SSL certificate if it cannot
verify that the certificate is valid or signed by a source that the browser trusts. By default, the
ePO server uses a self-signed certificate for SSL communication with the web browser, which,
by default, the browser will not trust. This causes a warning message to display every time you
visit the ePO console. To stop this warning message from appearing you must do one of the
following:
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