eGuide Security

Novell 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.


Managing Administration Roles

Novell eGuide supports two administrator roles: eGuide administrator and user administrator.


eGuide Administrators

Anyone designated as a Novell eGuide administrator sees the Administration Utility icon after logging in to eGuide and thus has full access to all administration features.


User Administrators

Those designated as user administrators can see the Edit Information button in the Details panel in the Novell eGuide client. After clicking Edit Information to display the Edit panel, a user administrator can edit any attribute that meets the following conditions:

In the Edit panel, user administrators can see an icon next to the Manager field. Clicking the icon brings up a secondary browse window where the user administrator can search for and select a username to insert that user's distinguished name in the Manager field.

IMPORTANT:  For the browse feature to work, the Manager and IsManager attributes in the User category must be designated as both Enabled and Editable in the Administration Utility.


Adding a User to an Administrator List

  1. Click Administration Roles > Edit (for the desired administrator list).

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

  3. Click the user's name in the Available box and 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 > Edit (for the desired administrator list).

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

  3. Click Save List.


Setting Restrictions

  1. Click Restrictions.

  2. Make the desired changes and then click Save.

    The following table gives details on each setting.


Table . Restrictions Settings

Setting Purpose

Allow Save Credentials

Select if you want users to see a Remember Login Information checkbox 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 Novell eGuide multiple times without having to log in each time. The cookie is removed when the user clicks the Logout icon or after the cookie expiration time passes.

Cookie Expiration

Enter 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 not selected, eGuide will load 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 will not be 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 org chart shows the currently selected user's manager and all of that manager's direct reports. For details, see Organizational Chart Tab Display .