11.1 Defining local and LDAP users

The first step to adding local and LDAP users is defining the type of account. To manage users within phpIP, click on the Admin Console menu item. Clicking User Management will bring up a new form. Three fields are required, Username, Login Type, and Access Level.


Figure 11.1 User Management

Username
Specifies a user name for the new user account. Note that the user name must start with a letter, and can contain only alphanumeric characters, periods (.), underscores (_), or hyphens (-).

Login Type
User accounts are stored in the local database.

Local
Specifies that the system uses its own user directory for authentication.

LDAP
Specifies that the system uses a remote LDAP server to authenticate users.

Access Level

  * Administrator: Specifies that the user has full read/write access.

  * Operator: Specifies that the user has partial read/write access. This user can only display and edit IP objects, and can change his or her own preferences.

  * Guest: Specifies that the user has read-only access. This user cannot change any aspect of the configuration, except for his or her own preferences.

Name
Specifies the account names for users that have access to this system.

Email
Specifies the email address for users that have access to this system.

Password
Specifies a password for the user account.

Confirm Password
Confirms the password that you just typed.

The Password and Confirm entries must match.

11.2 Update local and LDAP users Information

To update user information within phpIP click on [Edit] this will bring up a new form. Three fields are required, Username, Login Type, and Access Level.

11.3 Deleting the user account

To delete a user account within phpIP click on [Delete] this will update the database and redirect back to User Management.