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Managing Users and Permissions | Getting Started
72 OMNM 6.5.2 User Guide
Creating an LDAP Admin User
All users imported from an LDAP server default to the Poweruser role. The default OpenManage
Network Manager (login/password: admin/admin) cannot log into Synergy once you enable
authentication through LDAP. Therefore, you must manually assign one of the users from the
LDAP server as the Portal administrator. An example of an LDAP database user with Administrator
privileges:
Screen name: ITAdmin
User password: ITPassword
First Name: Scott
Last Name: Smith
Email: [e-mail]
NOTE:
You cannot import users without these five attributes into OpenManage Network Manager from an LDAP
source.
Create an LDAP admin user by:
•
Creating user ITAdmin with Administrator role:
• Stopping LDAP Authentication
Creating user ITAdmin with Administrator role:
1 As an Admin user, Go to > Control Panel.
2 Under the Portal category, click Users , then click the Add button.
3 Fill out the User form with name and email address and so on. Remember: screen name, first
name, and email address are required. Synergy LDAP import will not overwrite existing users.
4 When you are finished, click Save .
5 A message appears saying that the save was successful.
6 Select the Password, enter password: ITPassword and click Save.
7 Click the Roles link. A screen appears showing the roles to which your ID is currently
assigned. By default, all users are assigned the Power User role.
8 Remove the default PowerUser role (optional), and add the administrator role for the user,
then click
Save .
Now you can enter LDAP server info.
Stopping LDAP Authentication
1 To stop authenticating through LDAP, log in as the admin user with ITAdmin/ITPassword.
2 In control panel go to Portal > Portal Setting > Authentication > LDAP and uncheck the
Enabled then Save.
3 When the portal re-appears, Users can login only with credentials that exist on Synergy
database