Information Security - User Management
To arrange access rights for a database, User Codes need to be created first.
Creating a User Code:
1. Log in as Administrator (see Administrator Management ).
2. Select Access Management from the Administration tab.
3. Select the Users tab in the Access Management window:
4. Click New to add a user.
The Enter New User window appears:
5. Enter the User Code and Password that the user will use to log in. Enter a recognisable Name.
6. The Same name in all languages options indicates whether the name is the same in all languages (for information on the use of multiple languages in the database, see Language). A different name can be set for each language in the first window.
7. Click OK to add the new User.
Note: It is not possible for a User account to also have Administrator rights.
Administrators and Users can change their own password. See Passwords for more information.
To Add a user from the Active Directory,
1. Select the Users tab in the Access Management window
2. Click Add.
After clicking Add, the following screen will be shown:
3. Select from the available Active Directory groups the users that you want to add as user.
4. Next open the Database Manager and enable the option Windows Authentication to be able to login with the Windows user account.
To be able to enter the (windows) username manually, disable the option at Windows Authentication.
Deleting a User Code:
The following steps detail how to remove a User Code:
1. Log in as an Administrator.
2. Select Access Management from the Administration tab.
3. Select the Users tab in the Access Manager dialog.
4. From the list on the left-hand side, select the User Code to be removed
5. Click the Delete button.