User Management Guide

CHAPTER 9    Using the Directory Section of the PAC

This chapter describes how to manage your application's authentication Directory subsystem using the Portal Administration Console (PAC). It contains the following sections:

• About the Directory section of the PAC

• Users

• Groups

    For information about how to access the PAC, see the section on accessing the PAC in the Core Development Guide.

About the Directory section of the PAC

The Directory section of the PAC allows you to view information about the security realm of a deployed Director application. In the case of a writable realm, you can also change the information.

The Directory section has the following pages:

• Users

• Groups

    For background information, see Understanding Authentication Realms and Configuring Authentication Realms.

Users

The Users page allows authorized users to add and remove users from the authentication realm.

The left side of the page shows a list of users. The appearance of the list varies according to realm type (non-LDAP and LDAP) as shown below.

The Realm Name dropdown list is useful only if you have configured separate readable and writable realms.

The Flush Cache button updates the user list to match the realm. This is useful if user data can be concurrently modified by another user. This function also applies to servers running in a cluster.

To change a password:

1. Select one of the listed users.

2. Click Modify Password.

   

3. Type the new password twice.

4. Click Save.

To add a new user:

1. Click +Add.

   

2. Enter the user ID.

3. Enter a Password.

4. Click Save.

To remove a user:

1. Select a user.

2. Click Remove.

Groups

The Directory section's Groups page in the PAC allows authorized users to add and remove groups from the authentication directory, and add and remove users from these groups.

The left side of the page shows a list of groups. The appearance of the list varies according to realm type (non-LDAP and LDAP), as shown below.

The Realm Name dropdown list is useful only if you have configured separate readable and writable realms.

The Flush Cache button updates the group list to match the realm. This is useful if group data can be concurrently modified by another user. This function also applies to servers running in a cluster.

To modify a group:

1. Select the group.

   

2. Select the users:

   • To select multiple users: click the first user, then Ctrl-click each additional user.

   • To select a range of users: click and drag from the first user to the last user.

   Use the button to add members to the group and the button to remove members from the group.

3. Click Save.

To add a group:

1. Click +Add.

   

2. Enter a name for the group.

3. Click Save.

To remove a group:

1. Select a group.

2. Click Remove.

NOTE:   The users in the group are not removed; only the group itself.

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