User guide
DSView software internal, RADIUS, LDAP, Windows NT or Active Directory
authentication services
To add a user-defined user group:
1. Click the Users tab. Click Groups in the top navigation bar. Click User-Defined in the side
navigation bar. The User Groups - User Defined window will open.
2. Click Add. The Add User Group wizard will appear.
3. The Select Authentication Service window will open. This window lists all authentication
services that may be used to authenticate the user group when the user logs in. See
Authentication Services on page 87.
Click on the name of an authentication service and then click Next.
• If you selected DSView Internal as the authentication service, go to step 4.
• If you selected any other type of authentication service, go to step 5.
NOTE: If you are adding a group to the TACACS+ authentication service, see TACACS+ external authentication
services on page 279 for more information.
4. The Type in Internal Group Name window will open. Type the name for the new user
group you wish to create. User-defined user group names are case-preserving and may
contain up to 256 characters. Go to step 7.
NOTE: When access rights are assigned to internal user groups, the internal group users must also be members of
a built-in user group to define their role in the DSView software. See Built-in User Groups Roles on page 43.
5. The Specify External Group window opens. Complete one of the following steps, then
click Next:
• Click Specify a group on external authentication service and type the name of the
group in the field.
User group names may contain up to 256 non-case sensitive characters. User
group names are case-preserving if the user group on the external
authentication server is case sensitive. See Group naming in external
authentication services on page 276.
• Click Import the external group - Everyone to consider any user on the external
authentication server as a member of this user group.
• Click Find a group on external authentication service to choose from the list of
groups on the external authentication service. If the list of groups contains more than
5000 entries, a message will indicate that not all items are displayed.
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