User's Manual

Managing Authentication Repositories
4-22 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
4. Click the Permissions tab and modify the permissions settings as appropriate.
For more information about permissions and the allowable functions to set or modify permissions, see
the “Defining Permissions” section on page 4-19.
5. Click OK to update the permissions for your user or group (or groups).
Managing Authentication Repositories
To retrieve a complete list of authentication repositories defined during the import of new users on remote
servers (LDAP or NIS), on the Active System Manager menu bar, click Tools > Authentication
Repositories.
The Preferences—Security dialog box displays; see Figure 4-11.
Figure 4-11 Preferences—Security
For more information about managing authentication repositories, see the following sub-sections:
• Activating Authentication Repositories
• Deactivating Authentication Repositories
Activating Authentication Repositories
The authentication repository must be activated for users to be authenticated. This setting will override the
user-level activation status; see the “Activating Users” section on page 4-11.
To activate authentication repositories, perform the following steps:
1. On the Active System Manager menu bar, click Tools > Authentication Repositories.
The Preferences—Security dialog box displays; see Figure 4-11 on page 4-22.
2. Select the repositories to activate.
3. Click Apply > OK.