Groups - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Groups

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14. Now that you have a user with administrator rights, select the Enable Security
box.
Security is now enabled. You can now create users and groups and assign permissions
to computer groups and job folders.
Adding users from the Active Directory
You can add users from the Active Directory.
1. In the main Security dialog, click the Manage Users tab, and click Add.
2. Select the AD User option in the Add User Account dialog.
3. If you know the user name, type it in the User name field, or click Browse to
select the user from the Active Directory.
The password field is deactivated because the user is being added from the Active
Directory.
Note
You can add only one user at a time. To import users, see
Active Directory on page 89.
4. Enter a description for the user in the Description box.
5. Click OK.
Importing users from the Active Directory
You can also import users from the Active Directory. To open a standard Windows Active
Directory dialog, from the main Security dialog, click the Manage Users tab, and click
AD Import. Add users from Active Directory, not groups. The users are added to the
Deployment Database. However, you still need to assign the users to security groups
with appropriate rights and permissions.
Note
When logging on with the imported AD account, Deployment Solution accessed the
Windows Active Directory server to validate the user password.
Evaluate rights
Click Evaluate Rights to identify the combined rights of the selected user and its user
group(s). This feature identifies effective rights for each user by resolving any possible
conflicts between multiple group settings.
Assign the user to previously created groups. If you are enabling security, you can
assign the user to a group with Administration rights.
To add groups, from the Security dialog, click the Manage User Groups tab, and click
Add. Select the authentication type, and type the required details. You can view the
members of any group by clicking the group in the Manage User Groups dialog and
clicking View Members.
See also Best practices for Deployment Solution security
security on page 88.
Importing users from the
on page 87 and Enabling
89