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Administrators
The administrative user can create other administrator users; however, they may only modify the “Basic” fields for the new
user being created. “Access” and “Resources” tabs are displayed, but administrative users cannot edit them. All
administrators have the same permission level and resources. The table below details fields from the “Basic” view:
Table 36 – Basic Options for Adding Administrators
Option
Description
Authentication Information
Type – TNS
Username
This is the account name the user will use to log into SecurityCenter. When selecting
this account name, it is sometimes easier to focus on the person’s real name as a
convention (e.g., John Galt would become “jgalt”). However, it may also be useful to
assign names based on role, such as “auditNY”.
The username value is case-sensitive.
Password
The login password
It is recommended to use passwords that meet stringent length and
complexity requirements.
Type – LDAP
Search String
This is the LDAP search string to use to narrow down user searches. Proper format is:
“attribute=<filter text>”. Wildcards are permitted and the field accepts up to 1024
characters.
For example:
sAMAccountName=*
mail=a*
displayName=C*
Users
This box contains a list of users obtained from the configured LDAP server that match
the Search String above.
Username
User that is selected from the list of users above.
Notification
Email user their account
information
When the user is created, you can choose to have them notified via email of their
account by selecting this check box.
If the following error message is received when attempting to add a user: