Managing a User Account

Use this interface to manage iFolder users in the selected iFolder domain. The search tool helps you locate the Novell iFolder^® 3.7 or later user account you want to manage.

NOTE: The term iFolder users refers to both individual users and LDAPGroups.

Browsing the Users
Browsing the Users in the Search Results
Enabling or Disabling an iFolder user
Provisioning iFolder Users
Accessing the Users Details Page

Browsing the Users

1. From the Users page, select a name criterion (First Name, Home Server, Last Name, User Name).

2. Select a filter criterion (Contains, Begins With, Ends With, Equals).

3. Use one or more of the following search methods, then click Search:

   • Type the name of the user or LDAPGroup rin the Search Users field.

   • Type one or more letters in the Search Users field.

   • Type an asterisk (*) in the Search Users field to return a list of all Users and LDAPGroups on the system.

   • Leave the Search Users field empty to return a list of all Users and LDAPGroups on the system.

   Do not click anywhere in the page until the page completely refreshes, then you can browse, sort, or manage the users listed in the Search Results report.

   Note: When you are logged-in as a secondary administrator, you can view only those users for which you are designated as a secondary administrator. Also, you can manage the users depending on the rights available to you.

Locating the Users in the Search Results

Scroll up and down to browse the search results and locate the user you want to manage. The combination of the username and the first and last names help to identify the user you want.

Type

indicates Provisioned users

indicates Unprovisioned users

indicates whether the user has the iFolder Admin right

Name
The username assigned to the user account, such as jsmith or john.smith@example.com. Click the User Name link to manage User policies and iFolders for the user.

Full Name
The first and last name of the user account.

Home Server
iFolder server the user provisioned to.

Enabled
Specifies the status of the server.

Enabling or Disabling an iFolder user

Follow the steps given below:

1. Locate the iFolder user you want to manage, then select the check box next to the user.

• Click Enable to enable the user.

  This will allow the user to log in and synchronize iFolders.

• Click Disable to disable the user.

  If the user is logged in when you make this change, the user’s session continues until the user logs out. The policy takes effect the next time the user attempts to log in to the account. To have the lockout take effect immediately, you must restart the Apache services for the iFolder server, which disconnects all active sessions, including the user’s session.

Provisioning / Reprovisioning iFolder Users

Use this interface to manually provision or reprovision the iFolder users to different servers available in the current iFolder domain.

To provision / reprovision the iFolder users, perform any of the following:

Provisioning Using Drop-Down List

1. Locate the iFolder users you want to provision.

2. Select the iFolder server from the Home drop-down list given against each user.

3. Click Save.

Provisioning Using Provision Button

1. Locate the iFolder users you want to manage.

2. Select the check box next to each user.

3. Click Provision to open a new page where you can provision / reprovision the selected users to an iFolder server in the domain.

NOTE: When a user logins for the first time and if a home server for the user is not set at the user level, then the server assigned to the LDAPGroup the user belongs to, is automatically allocated to the user.

Creating a New iFolder User

NOTE: You can create only non-LDAP users. You can create them only when your iFolder server is not connected to the LDAP server.

1. On the iFolder Users page, click New.

   The iFolder User creation page opens to the Users tab

2. Specify the following information and then click Create.

User Name
Assign a username to the user account, such as jsmith or john.smith@example.com.

First Name
First name of the user.

Last Name
Last name of the user.

Full Name
The first and last name of the user account.

Password
Assign a password for the user account.

Retype password
Retype the password to verify it.

Accessing the Users Details Page

Follow the procedure given below:

1. On the iFolder User page, use the search tool to locate the user whose iFolder account you want to manage.

2. Click the user's name link to open the User Details page to the Users tab.

Related Topics

User Details
Managing iFolder Details
Managing an iFolder
Managing the iFolder System
Managing iFolder Servers
Reports

 

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