Configuring eGuide Security Settings

eGuide security features let you specify who has rights to change eGuide configuration and LDAP data source attributes. You can also enforce or remove various security restrictions.


Administration Roles

eGuide supports two administrator roles:

This section contains the following procedures:


Adding a User to an Administrator List

  1. Click Administration Roles, then click Edit (for the desired administrator list).

  2. Enter any portion of the user's login ID, then click Search.

  3. Click the user's name in the Available box, then click the right-arrow to move the name to the Selected box.

  4. Click Save List.


Removing a User from an Administrator List

  1. Click Administrations Roles, then click Edit (for the desired administrator list).

  2. Click the user's name in the Selected box, then click the left-arrow to move the name to the Available box.

  3. Click Save List.


Restrictions

The following table gives details on each setting on the Restrictions page:

Setting Purpose

Allow Save Credentials

Select if you want users to see a Remember Login Information check box on the login page. If a user selects this option, the user's validated credentials are encrypted and stored in a cookie on the user's workstation. The user can then load eGuide multiple times without logging in each time. The cookie is removed when the user clicks the Logout icon or after the cookie expiration time passes.

Cookie Expiration

Specify the number of seconds (86,400 seconds = one day) you want to elapse between login attempts before the login information cookie expires.

Force Users to Authenticate

Select if you want all users to be forced to log in to use eGuide. If this option is not selected, eGuide loads in anonymous mode. A user then has the option of logging in by clicking the eGuide Login icon.

NOTE:  If Allow Save Credentials is on and a login information cookie is available, the user is not forced to reauthenticate.

Show Password Change Link

Select to make the Change Password link available in the Edit panel in the eGuide client. This also allows user administrators to change user passwords.

IMPORTANT:  Allow Self Administration must be selected before users can access the Edit panel.

Allow Self Administration

Select if you want to grant users access to change their editable attributes (those designated as Editable in the Attributes page). When you select Allow Self Administration, the View Personal Information icon in the eGuide client changes to Edit Personal Information.

Show Organizational Chart

Select if you want the Organizational Chart tab activated in the details panel for all users. The organization chart shows the currently selected user's manager and all of that manager's direct reports. For details, see Organizational Chart Tab Display.