Creating a user¶
Warning
Data model objects: safes, users, servers, accounts and listeners are replicated within the cluster and object instances must not be added on each node. In case the replication mechanism fails to copy objects to other nodes, contact technical support department.
- Select > .
- Click .
Note
Wheel Fudo PAM enables creating users based on the existing definitions. Click desired user to access its configuration parameters and click
to create a new object based on the selected definition.- Enter user login.
Note
- While there can be more than one user with the same username, the login and domain combination must be unique.
- The Login field is not case sensitive.
- Select the Blocked option to prevent user from accessing servers and resources monitored by Wheel Fudo PAM.
- Define account’s validity period.
- Select user’s role, which will determine the access rights.
Note
Access rights restrictions also apply to API interface access.
Role | Access rights |
---|---|
user |
|
service | Accessing SNMP information. |
operator |
|
admin |
|
superadmin |
|
- Select user’s preferred language in Wheel Fudo PAM administration panel.
- Grant access to safes.
Note
Drag and drop safe objects to change the order in safes are processed upon establishing connection.
SSH_safe implies that the Reveal password option is disabled.
RDP_safe implies, that the Reveal password option is enabled.
Click safe to define time access policy.
- Enter user’s full name.
- Enter user’s email address.
- Enter user’s organizational unit.
- Enter user’s phone number.
- Provide user’s Active Directory domain.
- Enter LDAP service BaseDN parameter.
Note
- LDAP base is necessary for authenticating the user using the Active Directory service.
- E.g. for
example.com
domain, the LDAP base parameter value should bedc=example,dc=com
.
- In the Permissions section, select users allowed to manage this user object.
- In the Authentication section, select authentication type.
External authentication
- Select
External authentication
from the Type drop-down list. - Select external authentication source from the External authentication source drop-down list.
Note
Refer to External authentication topic for more information on external authentication sources.
Password
- Select
Password
from the Type drop-down list. - Type password in the Password field.
- Repeat password in the Repeat password field.
SSH key
- Select
SSH key
from the Type drop-down list.
- Click i icon and browse the file system to find the public SSH key used for verifying user’s identity.
One-time password
Warning
One-time passwords are used for implementing AAPM use case scenarios.
- Select
One-time password
from the Type drop-down list.
- Click to define more authentication methods.
Note
When processing user authentication requests, Wheel Fudo PAM verifies login credentials against defined authentication methods in order in which those methods have been defined.
- In the API section, click i and define IP address used by an external system to communicate with Fudo over API.
- Click .
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