Operation For Authentication; Internal Authentication And External Authentication; Handling A User For Authentication; Handling Regardless Of Internal Authentication Or External Authentication - Konica Minolta bizhub C451 User Manual

Authentication Manager
3.23

Operation for authentication

The authentication operation of Authentication Manager is described below.

3.23.1 Internal authentication and external authentication

As user authentication performed by Authentication Manager, the following
two types of authentication are available: internal authentication and external
authentication.
Function
Internal authentication
External authentication

3.23.2 Handling a user for authentication

Authentication Manager handles a user name as being unique regardless of
the internal authentication or external authentication. Multiple users with a
same name cannot be registered.
If users with a same name exist in Authentication Manager and the external
server, all of them are handled as a same user.
Handling regardless of internal authentication or external
authentication
Users are authenticated regardless of the internal authentication or external
authentication.
For example, assume there is a user "A" who is performing the internal
authentication.
Both the case that the user "A" specifies an external server on the device
panel and is authenticated successfully and the case that the user is
Authentication Manager
Details
Performs authentication using the user name and pass-
word registered with Authentication Manager.
Performs authentication using the user name and pass-
word registered with the external server.
Authentication is performed for the external server speci-
fied on the device panel.
If no external server is specified on the device panel, au-
thentication is performed for the external server specified
for a user with Authentication Manager.
Reminder
If the LDAP server is selected as the external
server of the user registered with Authentication
Manager, an empty password cannot be used.
Even if an empty password is registered with
the LDAP server, authentication by Authentica-
tion Manager fails.
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