Users

Located at System > Users.

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Here you can view and edit information for all GigaFlow users and user groups. There are three categories of user on GigaFlow:

• Local users; these are users set up for the particular GigaFlow installation.
• LDAP users; these are network users authenticated by LDAP.
• Portal users; these are users identified by a username and IP address. Portal user access is useful for programmatic access to the system, i.e. scripts.

Existing Users

Select how many entries to view from the drop-down menu, i.e. the 10, 50, 100 or All. The default selection is 10. You can also search for specific usernames or IDs using the search box.

All users are listed here. Information displayed includes:

• Name.
• Login ID.
• User type. Local users exist in the local database only. LDAP users were entered locally but authenticated against the LDAP server.
• User specific settings.
• User password.
• Actions, i.e Remove user, Edit user or Change Password.

Add Local User

To add a new local user:

• Enter the email address of the new user. This is the same as the login name.
• Enter a display name for the new user.
• Select a user role from the drop-down menu, e.g. normal or administrator.
• Enter a password for the new user.
• Click Add User to add the new user.

Add User Group

To add a new user group:

• Enter the new user group name.
• Select abilities to associate with the new user group.
• Click Add User Group to add the new user group.

Existing User Groups

This table lists all existing user groups along with associated abilities.

For each user group:

• Click the small x beside an ability to remove it.
• Select new abilities from the drop-down menu to the right and click Add to add abilities to a user group.

Existing LDAP Groups

Information displayed includes:

• Name.
• Settings.
• Actions, e.g. Edit user or Remove user.

Add LDAP User

Enter the domain name and ID of the user you want to allow to log into the system. They will be added as normal users.

To add a new LDAP user:

• Enter the new user ID.
• Enter the new user domain.
• Click Add LDAP User.

Add LDAP Group

To add a new LDAP user group:

• Select a group from the drop-down menu.
• You can also apply a filter to limit number of available groups. Enter filter text and click Apply LDAP Filter. (You can use *filter text* for wild card searches.)
• Select user role, e.g. normal or administrator.
• Click Add LDAP Group to add the new LDAP group.

Existing LDAP Nested Groups

Information displayed includes:

• Name.
• Settings.
• Actions, e.g. Edit user or Remove user.

Existing Portal Users

• Select how many entries to view from the drop-down menu, i.e. the 10, 50, 100 or All. The default selection is 10. You can also search for specific usernames or IDs using the search box.

Information displayed includes:

• Login ID.
• IP address.
• User name.
• Actions, e.g. Edit user or Remove user.

Add Portal User

To add a new portal user:

• Enter the new IP regular expression.
• Enter the new user regular expression.
• Click Add Portal User.

Existing Data Access Groups

This table lists all of the currently configured Data Access Groups.

For each Data Access Group:

• You can see the number of traffic groups allowed under the entries column.
• Remove the traffic group
• Click Edit to Edit the group.

Add Data Access Group

This function allows you to apply a filter to the data a user requests automatically. These filters are based on Traffic Groups and a user can have access to many Traffic Groups using this feature.

To add a new Data Access Group:

• Enter a unique name for this group.
• Enter a description for this Data Access Group
• Click Add Access Group to add the new Access group.

Once added, you can edit the group to control which Traffic Groups are assigned to it, in the Users own settings you can then assign them to any available Data Access Group.