Renaming A User; Machine Account - Polycom 1500 Administrator's Manual

RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/1800/2000/4000 Administrator's Guide

Renaming a User

To rename a user:
1 In the RMX Management pane, click the Users (
The Users pane is displayed.
2 Right-click the user to be renamed and select Rename User.
The Rename User dialog box is displayed.
3 Enter the user's new name in the New User Name field and click OK.
The user is renamed and is forced to change his/her password.

Machine Account

User names can be associated with servers (machines) to ensure that all users are subject to the same
account and password policies.
For enhanced security reasons it is necessary for the Collaboration Server to process user connection
requests in the same manner, whether they be from regular users accessing the Collaboration Server via
the Collaboration Server Web Browser / RMX Manager or from application-users representing applications
such as CMA and RealPresence DMA system.
Regular users can connect from any workstation having a valid certificate while application-users
representing applications can only connect from specific servers. This policy ensures that a regular user
cannot impersonate an application-user to gain access to the Collaboration Server in order to initiate an
attack that would result in a Denial of Service (DoS) to the impersonated application.
The connection process for an application-user connecting to the Collaboration Server is as follows:
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