Creating A New User Account; Importing Directory Services Users And Groups - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 4: Managing Users, Directory Services, and User Logins
Managing Users and Groups

Creating a New User Account

To create a new user account, perform the following steps.
Task: To create a new user account:
1. Open AdminStudio Enterprise Server and open the Administration tab.
2. Open the Users & Groups tab. The User Administration page opens.
3. Click Add. The User Details view opens.
4. Select the new user's Company from the list.
5. Enter a User Name and a Password, with the User Name in the format of:
username@companyname.com
6. Optionally, enter the user's Email address.
7. Optionally, enter a geographic Location that you can use to group users together, such as
or
Midwest Region
reports.
8. All of the Roles that have been defined for the selected Company are listed. Select the Roles that you want to
assign to this user.
Note •
Workflow Manager functionality they will have access to. Therefore, you must assign at least one Role to a user.
9. Click Update to save your entries and close the User Details view, or click Update and Add New to remain
in the User Details view so you can add another user.

Importing Directory Services Users and Groups

If you have defined a Directory Service, as described in
add Users or Groups from that Directory Service into AdminStudio Enterprise Server.
When a user is added from a Directory Service into AdminStudio Enterprise Server, only information that uniquely
identifies the user in the Directory Service is stored in AdminStudio Enterprise Server. Information such as
telephone number and email address will always be queried at run time, so that the most current information is
obtained.
AdminStudio Enterprise Server supports Windows Active Directory and Novell eDirectory directory services.
Note • For more information on AdminStudio Enterprise Server support for Directory Services, see
Directory Services Connections
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, etc. Assigning a geographical location to a user enables you to display this information in
The Roles that a user is assigned to determine what portions of AdminStudio Enterprise Server and
and Managing User
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