RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
What is Active Directory?
Active Directory is a distributed directory service included with several Windows Server
operating systems; it identifies resources on a network in order for users or applications to access them. Users as well
as groups are specified centrally in Active Directory.
Using Active Directory for adding existing user and group information to RC-E has several benefits: The fact that
users as well as groups are specified centrally in Active Directory means that you will not have to create any user
accounts from scratch in RC-E. It also means that you will not have to configure any authentication of users on RC-E;
authentication is handled by Active Directory.
Active Directory User and Group Concepts
Active Directory uses the concepts of users and groups.
Users
Users are Active Directory objects representing individuals with a user account.
Groups
Groups are Active Directory objects capable of containing several users. In this example, the Management Group has
three members (i.e. it contains three users).
Groups can contain any number of users. By adding a group to RC-E, you add all of its members in one step. Once
the group has been added to RC-E, any changes subsequently made to the group in Active Directory (such as new
members added or old members removed) will immediately be reflected in RC-E.
Note that a user can be a member of more than one group at a time.
Adding Users Not Using Active Directory
While you primarily add RC-E users and groups to roles (see "About Roles" on page 145) through Active Directory, it
is also possible to add individual users—but not groups—without Active Directory. If not using Active Directory, note
the following:
When installing the management server, the user under which the management server service runs must be a
local PC user on the server. See also Management Server Installation (see "Install Management Server" on page
13).
On the computer running the management server, simple file sharing must be disabled the following way:
1.
On the computer running management server, right-click
Start
, and select
Explore
.
2.
In the window that opens, select the
Tools
menu, then select
Folder Options...
3. Select
the
View
tab.
4.
Scroll to the bottom of the
Advanced settings
list, and make sure that the
Use simple file sharing
(Recommended)
check box is cleared.
5.
Click OK, and close the window.
You add users to roles through the Management Client almost as when adding users from Active Directory (see
Assign and Remove Users & Groups to/from a Role (see "Assign and Remove Users and Groups to/from Roles"
on page 149). However, when adding users, you must refer to particular users on particular computers, as in this
example where the user USER001 on the computer PC001 is added.
When users added this way log in to RC-E, the user must
not
specify any server name, PC name, or IP address
as part of their user names. Example of a correctly specified user name: USER001. Example of an incorrectly
specified user name: PC001/USER001. The users should of course still specify their passwords, etc.
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