Configuring Administrator Groups; Configuring User Accounts - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

This setting affects administrator passwords only. It does not affect any other passwords used on the VCS
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such as in the local authentication database, LDAP server, external registration credentials or user account
passwords.
All passwords and usernames are case sensitive.
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Configuring administrator groups

The Administrator groups
administrator groups that have been configured on the VCS, and lets you add, edit and delete groups.
Note: administrator groups are only active when
Administrator groups determine which access rights members of the group have after they have been
successfully authenticated to use the VCS.
When an administrator logs in to the VCS web interface, their credentials are authenticated against the
remote directory service and they are assigned the access rights associated with the group to which the
administrator belongs. If the administrator account belongs to more than one group, the highest level
permission is assigned.
The configurable options are:
Field Description
Name The name of the administrator group.
It cannot contain any of the following characters:
/ \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? > < @ "
Access The access level for members of the specified
administrator group:
Read-write: allows all configuration to be viewed
and changed. This provides the same rights as the
default admin account.
Read-only: allows status and configuration
information to be viewed only and not changed.
Some pages, such as the
blocked to read-only accounts.
Auditor: allows access only to the
Configuration Log,
Overview page.
None: web login access to the VCS is not allowed.
To create a new administrator group, click New.
To edit an existing administrator group, click View/Edit.

Configuring user accounts

The User accounts page
that have been configured on the VCS, and lets you add, edit and delete accounts.
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X7.1)
page (Maintenance > Login accounts > Administrator
remote administrator authentication
Upgrade page, are
Event Log,
Network Log and the
(Maintenance > Login accounts > User
is enabled.
Usage tips
The group names defined in the VCS must match
the group names that have been set up in
the remote directory service to manage
administrator access to this VCS.
accounts) lists all the user accounts
Maintenance
groups) lists all the
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