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About Adding Users
Adding Users Under Local Authentication
If
Local authentication
is selected in
Site
can log in to the Content Server.
Firstly, you need to ensure that local user accounts have been
created on the Content Server. You can create local user
accounts from the Windows Server administration site in the
Administrator Settings
menu.
These users then need to be added to the Content Server
database by entering their usernames on the
Please note that adding local groups is not supported.
Local usernames must be entered in this format:
MACHINENAME\user.name:Display Name(optional)
Adding Users or Groups Under Domain or LDAP
Authentication
When
Domain
or
LDAP authentication
is selected in
Settings,
LDAP/Active Directory users or groups can log in to the
Content Server.
Active Directory users can be added to the Content Server
manually or automatically.
Groups need to be added manually. Any users in those groups
will then be able to log in without having to be added individually.
The user will inherit group privileges from the group they belong
to.
Table of
Introduction
Installation
Contents
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Settings, local users
LDAP/Active Directory users need to be added manually through
the
Add Users
•
Domain
or
and
•
Allow Guest Access
Adding users under Domain authentication:
Add Users
page.
•
Users must be entered in this format: DOMAINNAME\user.
name or DOMAINNAME\user.name:Display name
Adding users under LDAP authentication:
•
Users must be entered in this format: user.name or user.
name:Display name
All users with valid accounts on the Domain or LDAP server will
be added automatically upon login if:
Site
•
Domain
or
and
•
Allow Guest Access
Users added automatically will only have privileges to view
conferences they are authorized to view (their user role will
be User). Administrators can give users special privileges by
changing their role to
TCS
Quick Setup
Administration
Adding Users Manually
page before they can log in if:
LDAP authentication
is selected in
Site
Settings,
is selected in
Site
Settings.
Adding Users Automatically
LDAP authentication
is selected in
Site Settings
is deselected in
Site
Settings.
Owner
or Administrator).
Backing up and
Administrator
Conference
Restoring
Settings
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Adding Groups
Groups always need to be added manually through the
Users
page.
LDAP/Active Directory groups must be entered in this format:
@group.name
Please note that although a group is added in this format,
@group.name, both the group name and its base DN are
displayed in the
Users
page.
When adding a group, all members of that group will be
automatically added to the Content Server on login with
the privileges you assigned to the group, if
authentication
is selected in
whether or not
Allow Guest Access
If you add a group with
Owner
group log in to the Content Server, their accounts will be
automatically created. The
User Role
the
Users
page will appear to be User, but they will have
privileges inherited from their group membership.
If you want all members of the group to be
but some members of the group need administrative privileges,
you can change the
User Role
highest user role will be applied.
View
Appendices
Setup
Conferences
TANDBERG
CONTENT SERVER
ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE
Add
Domain
or
LDAP
Site
Settings, and regardless of
is selected in
Site
Settings.
privileges, as members of that
next to their user name in
Owner
Users
or Owners,
for these members to Admin. The
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