Account Track; Combining User Authentication And Account Track - Konica Minolta bizhub C754 User Manual

12.1 Overview of User Authentication and Account Track
Authentication Method
External server authentica-
tion
MFP authentication + Ex-
ternal server authentication

Account Track

Employing the Account Track function enables you to manage multiple users by account. Account authenti-
cation information is managed internally by this machine.
A password can be set by account to restrict users from using this machine. Also, this function allows you to
restrict available functions or manage the use status of this machine by account.
For details on how to configure account track settings, refer to page 12-9.

Combining user authentication and account track

You can use a combination of user authentication and account track for management of each user for each
department. To combine user authentication and account track, specify whether to synchronize account in-
formation with users according to your environment.
Relationship between us-
ers and accounts
When the user and account
is in one-to-one relation
When a user joins multiple
accounts
bizhub C754/C654
Description
The method to manage users of this machine by synchronizing it with Ac-
tive Directory or LDAP server.
When Active Directory or LDAP server is used for user management in your
environment, you can use user information managed using the server.
This machine supports the following server types.
• Active Directory: For details, refer to page 12-12.
• NTLM: For details, refer to page 12-18.
• LDAP: For details, refer to page 12-24.
• NDS (NDS over IPX): For details, refer to page 12-29.
• NDS (NDS over TCP/IP): For details, refer to page 12-34.
The method using a combination of the authentication function of this ma-
chine and authentication by an external server.
Even if some sort of problem occurs on the external authentication server,
you can use this machine using its authentication function.
Description
By synchronizing account information with a user, you can associate the
user with an account on a one-to-one basis.
For example, you can allow a company staff member belonging to a certain
department to use color printing and another member belonging to another
department to use black and white printing only. Also, you can count the
number of printed sheets by department to encourage each department to
develop awareness of costs.
If you specify the department of a user when registering him/her, you can
log in as the account only by logging in as the user.
To manage the use status not only by actual department but also by
project, do not synchronize the user with an account.
For example, for a project across multiple departments, you can analyze
the use status of this machine by project as well as by company staff mem-
ber or department.
To log in to this machine, enter the user name, then specify the account.
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