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Managing Users and Groups 2
An organization administrator is the only one who can add users and groups to an organization. The
organization administrator assigns each user or group a role within the organization. Your role controls what
you can see and do in vCloud Director.
An organization administrator can create local user accounts within an organization or import users and
groups from an LDAP server. Contact your system administrator to set up an LDAP connection.
These default roles exist in vCloud Director.
Organization
Administrator
Administers the organization
Catalog Author
Creates and publishes new catalogs
vApp Author
Creates vApps and uses catalogs
vApp User
Uses vApps created by others
Console Access Only
Uses virtual machine guest operating systems and siews virtual machine state
and properties
Contact your system administrator to create custom roles.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Managing Users,” on page 15
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“Working with Groups,” on page 18
Managing Users
The Users page displays a list of users your organization. You can see whether the users are active, their role,
and whether they are local or LDAP.
As an organization administrator, you can complete these operations.
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Add a new user
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Import users from LDAP
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Send email notifications
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Deactivate a user
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Modify a user's properties
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Delete a user
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