Surf Control 5.5 manual Rename User, Get Friendly Name, Get User Name, Change Groups, Delete Users

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THE WEB FILTER MANAGER

Users

Rename User

This option allows you to rename a user in the Web Filter database. In the dialog box that displays, enter a name in the New name text box. The original information about the user is also listed.

Note: If a duplicate name is detected during a database update, a modified name insertion will

be attempted in the following format: “Friendly Name (domain\some.user)”. If this fails a second time, the name is not added.

Get Friendly Name

Displays the network name of the user, as entered by the System Administrator.

Get User Name

Shows the domain name of the user. For example: domain1\user1.

Change Groups

Web Filter creates a default group of Everybody when you install it. All users detected by Web Filter are automatically assigned to this group. You can create groups to more accurately reflect the departments in your organization (sales, accounts, administration, etc.), and assign users to them. This can help when running reports in SurfControl Report Central and setting up rules.

To set up groups and assign users to them:

1Select one or more users in the Summary User Information pane.

2Click Change Groups.

3Check that the group has not been created in the Available Groups pane from the SurfControl Groups tab.

4Click New.

5Enter the name for your new group and click Enter.

6Click Add. Your new group will be shown in the Group Membership pane. Your selected users are now added to this group.

7Click OK to close the Change Groups dialog box.

Note: Network Groups are updated during the update of the Web Filter database or by a scheduled event. See "Available Events" on page 142. For more details on network group updates please see Knowledge Base article 1467. You cannot change the Network group for a user from the Network Groups tab.

Delete User(s)

Perform this task if you want to remove specific users from the Users tab in Web Filter Manager. This is advantageous if workstation names have been recorded rather than user names. After completing this task, the user(s) will not be shown in the Web Filter Manager, but they will still exist in the database until the next database purge.

42 Administrator’s Guide

SurfControl Web Filter v5.5

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Surf Control 5.5 manual Rename User, Get Friendly Name, Get User Name, Change Groups, Delete Users