Built-in authentication
Using built-in authentication, you create users, set passwords, assign users to groups and manage groups using the CLC Server web administrative interface or a CLC Workbench. All the user information is stored on the CLC Server and is not accessible from other systems.
Managing users via the web interface
To create or remove users, or change a password when using built-in authentication, expand the Manage user accounts heading under:
Configuration (
) | Users and groups (
)
This will display the panel shown in figure 5.5.
Figure 5.5: Managing users using built-in authentication.
Managing groups via the web interface
To create or remove groups or change group membership for users when using built-in authentication, expand the Manage groups heading under:
Configuration () | Users and groups ()
This will display the panel shown in figure 5.6.
Figure 5.6: Managing groups using built-in authentication.
The same user can be a member of several groups.
The admin group is the only group predefined in the CLC Server. The CLC Server root user is part of that group. Users who should have full administrative rights for the CLC Server should be added to this group.
User and group management via the Workbench
Users and groups can be managed through a CLC Workbench by logging into the CLC Server from the Workbench as an administrative user and then going to the Workbench menu:
File | Manage Server Users and Groups
This will display the dialog shown in figure 5.7. Note: If LDAP or AD is being used, the menus described in this section are disabled.
Figure 5.7: Managing users defined using built-in authentication via a CLC Workbench.
Click on the Add (
) button to create a new user. Enter the name of the user and enter a password. You will be asked to re-type the password. If you wish to change the password at a later time, select the user in the list and click Change password (
).
To delete a user, select the user in the list and click Delete (
).
Access rights are granted to groups, not users, so a user has to be a member of one or more groups to get access to the data location.
Adding and removing groups is done in the Groups tab (see figure 5.8).
Figure 5.8: Managing groups defined using built-in authentication via a CLC Workbench.
To create a new group, click the Add () button and enter the name of the group. To delete a group, select the group in the list and click the Delete () button.
When a new group is created, it is empty. To assign users to a group, click on the Membership tab. In the Selected group box, you can choose among all the groups that have been created. When you select a group, you will see its members in the list below (see figure 5.9). To the left you see a list of all users.
Figure 5.9: Listing members of a group via a CLC Workbench
To add users to or to remove users from a group, click on the Add (
) or Remove (
) buttons. To create new users, see Managing users.