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Chapter 15

User Accounts and Groups

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Transparent cooperation with Active Directory (Active Directory mapping)

WinRoute can use accounts and groups stored in Active Directory directly — no import to

the local database is performed. Specific WinRoute parameters are added by the template

of the corresponding account. These parameters can also be edited individually.

This type is the least demanding from the administrator’s point of view (all user accounts

and groups are managed in Active Directory) and it is the only one that allows using

accounts from multiple Active Directory domains.

Note: In cases when users are authenticated at the domain (all described types excluding the

first one), it is recommended to create at least one local account in WinRoute that has both

read and write rights, or keep the original Admin account. This account provides connection

to the WinRoute administration in case of the network or domain server failure.

15.1 Viewing and definitions of user accounts

To define local user accounts, import accounts to the local database or/and configure ac-

counts mapped from the domain, go to the User Accounts tab in the Users and Groups Users
section.

Figure 15.1

WinRoute user accounts

Domain

Use the Domain option to select a domain for which user accounts as well as other para-

meters will be defined. This item provides a list of mapped Active Directory domains (see

chapter

15.4

) and the local (internal) user database.

Search

The Search engine can be used to filter out user accounts meeting specified criteria.

The searching is interactive — each symbol typed or deleted defines the string which is

evaluated immediately and all accounts including the string in either Name, Full name

or Description are viewed. The icon next to the entry can be clicked to clear the filtering

string and display all user accounts in the selected domain (if the Search entry is blank,

the icon is hidden).

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