Avocent SPC420 manual DSView 3 software internal authentication service

80DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

The DSView 3 software obtains external group membership and external user information when a user logs in. If a user’s group membership changes or the user is deleted externally, the DSView 3 software will not see these changes until the next time the user logs in.

You may schedule a task that will automatically verify LDAP, Active Directory and NT external authentication servers to ensure that accounts are still valid; see Task: Validating user accounts on an external authentication server on page 330.

Authentication services may be managed only by DSView 3 software administrators and user administrators.

To display configured authentication services:

1.Click the Users tab.

2.Click Authentication Services in the top navigation bar. The User Authentication Services window will open.

The User Authentication Services window may be customized by using the Customize link. See Using the Customize link in windows on page 28.

To remove authentication services:

NOTE: The internal authentication service cannot be removed.

1.Click the Users tab.

2.Click Authentication Services in the top navigation bar. The User Authentication Services window will open.

3.Check the checkbox to the left of the authentication service(s) to delete. To delete all external authentication services on the page, check the checkbox to the left of Name at the top of the list.

4.Click Delete. A confirmation dialog box will appear.

5.Confirm or cancel the deletion.

DSView 3 software internal authentication service

To change the DSView 3 internal authentication service account policies:

1.Click the Users tab.

2.Click Authentication Services in the top navigation bar. The User Authentication Services window will open.

3.Click DSView Internal. The side navigation bar will change to include DSView Internal at the top and, below the name, the information you may define.

4.Click Account Policies. The Authentication Service User Account Policies - DSView Internal window will open.

5.Specify the password policies for the authentication service: