Avocent DSView 3, Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 5: Managing User Accounts 193
• Click Find a group on external authentication service to browse a list of groups on the
external authentication service. Then click Next and go to step 6.
6. The Select Group from External Authentication Service window will open. If the list of groups
contains more than 5000 entries, a message will indicate that not all items are displayed.
You may filter the list by using the Filter button and the adjacent text field. See Filtering
information in a window on page 10.
Select one or more groups from the list, then click Next .
7. The Select Role window will open. Select a role for the user group(s), then click Next . See
Built-in User Groups on page 20 for information about user roles.
8. The Select User Group Preemption Level window will open. Type a preemption level (from 1-
4; the higher the number, the higher the preemption level) or select a value from the menu, and
then click
Next . See Preemption Levels on page 21.
9. The Completed Successful window will open. Click Finish .
Deleting user-defined user groups
You may delete any user-defined user groups that have been created in the DSView 3 software
system. You must have DSView 3 software administrator or user administrator rights to delete
user-defined user groups.
To delete a user-defined user group:
1. Click the Users tab. Click Groups in the top navigation bar. Click User-Defined in the side
navigation bar. The User Groups - User Defined window will open.
2. Click the checkbox to the left of the user group(s) to be deleted. To delete all user groups listed
in the window, click the checkbox to the left of Name at the top of the list.
3. Click Delete . A confirmation dialog box will appear.
4. Confirm or cancel the deletion.
User group properties
To display the properties of a built-in user group:
1. Click the Users tab. Click Groups in the top navigation bar. Built-In will automatically be
selected in the side navigation bar and the User Groups - Built-in window will open.
2. Click on a user group name. The User Group Properties window will open. The display
includes read-only properties for each group: name, type and preemption level.
3. Click Close when you are finished. The User Groups - Built-in window will open.
To display or change the properties of a user-defined user group:
1. Click the Users tab. Click Groups in the top navigation bar. Click User-Defined in the side
navigation bar. The User Groups - User Defined window will open.
2. Click on a user group name. The User Group Properties window will open.