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KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 7.0 Common Documents - Administrator Guide

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Setting up user accounts and user authentication

Add or edit local administrator accounts
Configure an LDAP server for user authentication
Test the LDAP server
Delete user accounts

You can add user accounts to the KACE SDA and set up the accounts using local authentication. If you require external user authentication, such as an LDAP or an Active Directory® server, you can configure an external server to enable users to log in to the Administrator Console using their domain credentials.

Local Authentication
Use the default local authentication when an LDAP service, such as Active Directory, is not available in the environment.
External LDAP Server Authentication
Use your domain credentials to log in to the Administrator Console. See Use an LDAP server for authentication.
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NOTE: If you have linked appliances, you can use single sign-on if you use the same login and password on all linked appliances.

Add or edit local administrator accounts

Add or edit local administrator accounts

You can create and edit local administrator user accounts. Adding users to the KACE SDA database stores the user information locally and requires only the user name, email address, password, and permissions.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Settings to display the Control Panel, then click Users to display the Users page.
2.
Select Choose Action > New to display the User Detail page.
3.
Complete the user account form:

Option

Description

User Name

Required: Enter a login ID.

Full Name

Required: Enter the first and last name of the user.

Email

Required: Enter the email address of the user.

Domain

Enter the domain that the user is using.

Budget Code

Optional: Enter the budget code of the department where the user is located.

Location

Optional: Enter the site or location of the user.

Password

Required: Enter the default password for the user. The password is required to activate the user. If the Password field is blank, the user cannot log in to the Administrator Console.

Confirm Password

Re-enter the password.

Permissions

Role of the user on this appliance. Administrators have full read/write access. Read-only administrators can log in and view settings and run reports; they cannot access the Administrator Console.

Select the permissions:

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Admin: Read/write access to the Administrator Console.
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ReadOnly Admin: View all pages; no change access.
4.
Optional: Click Cancel to close the page.
5.
Click Save.

The user appears in the local account list and can now log in to the Administrator Console.

You can apply a label to a group of users.

Configure an LDAP server for user authentication

Configure an LDAP server for user authentication

LDAP authentication requires creating a login account for the KACE SDA on your LDAP server. The appliance uses this account to read and import user information from the LDAP server. The account needs read-only access to the Search Base DN field on the LDAP server. The account does not require write access, because the appliance does not write to the LDAP server.

For information on adding user accounts to the KACE SDA, see Add or edit local administrator accounts.

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NOTE: When LDAP is enabled, all local accounts become inactive except for the administrator account.

When logging in, the appliance automatically queries the listed external servers. The timeout for a server is approximately 10 seconds. To decrease login delays, Quest KACE recommends deleting the sample LDAP server.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Settings, then click User Authentication to display the Authentication Settings.
2.
Select External LDAP Server Authentication and click Add New Server.
All servers must have a valid IP address or host name; otherwise, the appliance times out, resulting in login delays when using LDAP authentication.
3.
Provide the following information to add a server:

Field

Description

Server Friendly Name

The name to identify the server.

Server Host Name (or IP)

The IP address or the host name of the LDAP server. If the IP address is not valid, the appliance waits to timeout, resulting in login delays during LDAP authentication.

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NOTE: To connect through SSL, use an IP address or host name. For example: ldaps://hostname.

If you have a non-standard SSL certificate installed on your LDAP server, such as an internally-signed certificate or a chain certificate that is not from a major certificate provider such as VeriSign, contact Quest KACE Technical Support at https://support.quest.com/contact-supportvfor assistance.

LDAP Port Number

The LDAP port number, which is usually 389 (LDAP) or 636 (secure LDAP).

Search Base DN

The area of the LDAP tree that the appliance should start to search for users. For example to search for the IT group, specify

OU=it,DC=company,DC=com.

Search Filter

The search filter, for example:LDAP_attribute=KBOX_USER, where LDAP_attribute is the name of the attribute containing a unique user ID and KBOX_USER is a variable that the appliance replaces at runtime with the login ID that you enter. For example when using Active Directory, enter samaccountname=KBOX_USER. For most other LDAP servers, enter UID=KBOX_USER.

LDAP Login

The credentials of the account that the KACE SDA uses to log in to the LDAP server to read accounts. For example: LDAP Login:CN=service_account,CN=Users, DC=company,DC=com. If no username is provided, an anonymous bind is attempted.

LDAP Password (if required)

The password of the account that the KACE SDA uses to log in to the LDAP server.

User Permissions

The user permissions.

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Admin: Read/write access to the Administrator Console.
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ReadOnly Admin: View all pages; no change access.

Test User Password

The LDAP username and password to test on the LDAP server. See Test the LDAP server.

Record the Search Base DN and the Search Filter criteria because you use this same information to import user data and to schedule user imports.
4.
Recommended: Click the Remove icon next to any external servers that are not configured to actual servers in your environment.
5.
Click Save.

The next time users log in, they are authenticated against the LDAP servers in the order listed.

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NOTE: The administrator account always authenticates against the internal database, even when an account with the same name exists in an external LDAP.
Test authentication on an external LDAP. See Test the LDAP server.

Test the LDAP server

Test the LDAP server

You can test authentication on the LDAP server using a valid username and password to determine if the server is able to perform a successful authentication.

1.
Select an LDAP profile.
2.
In Search Filter, replace the KBOX_USER variable with a valid login ID to test. The syntax is samaccountname=username.
3.
Enter the corresponding password for the LDAP account.
4.
Click Test Settings.
If the test is successful, the authentication setup is complete for this user, and other users in the same LDAP container.
5.
Change the username in Search Filter back to the system variable KBOX_User.
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