User Guide

Activating Inactive User Accounts

Activating inactive user accounts reinstates all associations that existed before the accounts were

deactivated. If a group of which the inactive user account was a member was deleted, the roles

granted through the deleted group are not reinstated.

➤ To activate deactivated user accounts:

1 Launch User Management Console, as explained in “Launching User Management Console” on page 33.

2 In the Native Directory node of the Object Palette, right-click Users, and select Show Inactive to list all

inactive user accounts you can activate.

To search for a specific user account to activate see “Searching for Users, Groups, Roles, and

Delegated Lists” on page 34.

3 Right-click the user account, and select Activate.

Deleting User Accounts

Deleting a user account removes the user’s associations with Native Directory groups, the role

assignments of the user, and the user account from Native Directory.

Note:

The admin account cannot be deleted.

➤ To delete user accounts:

1 Launch User Management Console, as explained in “Launching User Management Console” on page 33.

2 From the Native Directory node of the Object Palette, click Users.

3 Search for a user account. See “Searching for Users, Groups, Roles, and Delegated Lists” on page 34.

A list of users that meet the search criterion is displayed on the Browse tab.

4 Right-click the user account, and select Delete.

Managing Native Directory Groups

Native Directory users can be grouped based on common characteristics. For example, users

can be categorized into groups such as staff, managers, and sales based on function, and

Sales_West and Managers_HQ, based on location. A user can belong to one or more groups.

Native Directory groups can contain other groups and users from user directories configured

on Shared Services.

Group affiliations of a user are important considerations in the authorization process. Typically,

groups, rather than individual user accounts, are used to facilitate the provisioning process.

Tasks performed by Shared Services administrators or directory managers:

Managing Native Directory