6.8 Deploying

This section consists of information on the following:

6.8.1 Configuring a User’s Environment

Configuring a user’s Novell SecureLogin environment includes:

  • Setting preferences

  • Creating password policies (optional)

  • Enabling required applications on Novell SecureLogin

  • Creating of passphrase questions for user selection (optional)

It is recommended that Novell SecureLogin configuration is installed on test user accounts prior to deployment. For more information, see the Novell SecureLogin 6.1 SP1 Administration Guide.

Novell SecureLogin provides a range of options for deployment and distribution of user configurations. For more information, see the Distributing Configurations in the Novell SecureLogin 6.1 SP1 Administration Guide.

6.8.2 Managing Novell SecureLogin in an ADAM Instance

Novell SecureLogin users are managed in the Administrative Management utility. For more information on Novell SecureLogin administration, refer to the Novell SecureLogin 6.1 SP1 Administration Guide. The Administrative Management utility which is accessed via the Start menu, manages users at the container, organizational unit, and user object levels.

  1. Access the Administrative Management utility.

    Refer section Section 10.1, Accessing iManager for information on accessing the Administrative Management utility.

  2. Specify the distinguished name of the required object. For example, CN=users, dc=SecureLogin, dc=com.

  3. The Administrative Management utility options are displayed.

6.8.3 Installing Novell SecureLogin for Mobile Users and Notebooks

To install Novell SecureLogin for mobile and remote users, follows the procedure found in Section 6.6, Installing Novell SecureLogin in the ADAM Environment.

It is important that you save the cache locally. Otherwise, users who are disconnected from the network are unable to access the applications. By default, the Enable cache in the Preferences properties table option is set to Yes. You can set this at either the organizational unit level or on a per-user basis.