When you select the Local method of authentication, you use the "built-in" ContentReporter user and group database. You can add multiple users and set permissions with Local authentication. When adding a new user, you must add the user to one of the three Local (Admin, Guest, and User) groups. You can set permissions on both the group level and the user level with Local authentication. In its initial configuration, ContentReporter has two Local users "admin" (password "admin") and "guest" (password "guest").
To add a Local user and configure the user's permissions, complete the following steps.
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From a page in ContentReporter, click the Administration tab.
Result:
The Administration page appears.
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Click the Admin button.
Result:
The Cache Group tab appears.
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Click the Authentication tab.
Result:
The Authentication tab appears.
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Select Local from the Authentication Method drop-down list, and click New.
Result:
The New User window appears.
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Enter a name, a password, select one of the three groups from the User Group drop down list, and, if desired, an e-mail address.
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To set permissions for this new Local user, click Permissions.
Result:
The Add Permissions window appears.
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To take away particular privileges, uncheck the appropriate boxes.
Note
If you have not granted a particular permission to the user's group, checking that permission in this window will not give the user that permission. In this window you can only take away permissions from this user that you have granted to this user's group. |
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To specify the site name on which the user can generate reports, click Add.
Result:
The Add Site Name window appears.
Note
By default, users can generate reports on all site names. You can configure a user's permissions in the Add Site Name window so that they can only generate reports on the site names you specify.
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Enter the site name (such as "www.netapp.com") and click OK.
Result:
You return to the Add Permissions window.
Note
You can also use the * (asterisk) wildcard character in the Name field. For example, you can enter "*.edu" so that the user can only generate reports on site names with the ".edu" extension. |
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Repeat steps 8 and 9 to specify additional site names.
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When you have set the desired permissions, click OK.
Result:
You return to the New User window.
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Click OK.
Result:
You return to the Authentication tab.
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To save the changes to the ContentReporter server, click Apply or OK.
Result:
You have successfully added a new Local user and configured the user's permissions.
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