Managing Users and Groups

This chapter describes how to configure and manage users, groups, and host access on the mobility services engine.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•Managing Groups

•Managing Users

Managing Groups

This section describes how to add, delete, and edit user groups.

User groups allow you to define and different access privileges to users.

Caution Group permissions override individual user permissions. For example, if you give a user full access and add that user to a group with read access permission, that user will not be able to configure mobility services engine settings.

This section contains the following topics:

•Adding User Groups

•Deleting User Groups

•Changing User Group Permissions

Adding User Groups

To add a user group to a mobility services engine, follow these steps:

Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine to which you want to add a user group.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Groups.

Step 4 From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Group and click Go.

Step 5 Enter the name of the group in the Group Name text box.

Step 6 From the Permission drop-down list, choose a permission level (read, write, or full).

Note Full Access is required for WCS to access mobility services engines.

Step 7 Click Save.

Deleting User Groups

To delete user groups from a mobility services engine, follow these steps:

Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine from which you want to delete a user group.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Groups .

Step 4 Select the check boxes of the groups that you want to delete.

Step 5 From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Delete Group and click Go.

Step 6 Click OK.

Changing User Group Permissions

Caution Group permissions override individual user permissions. For example, if you give a user full access and add that user to a group with read access permission, that user will not be able to configure mobility services engine settings.

To change user group permissions, follow these steps:

Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine you want to edit.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Groups .

Step 4 Click the name of the group you want to edit.

Step 5 From the Permission drop-down list, choose a permission level (read, write, or full).

Step 6 Click Save.

Managing Users

This section describes how to add, delete, and edit users to a mobility services engine. It also describes how to view active user sessions.

This section consists of the following topics:

Adding Users

Deleting Users

Adding Users

Caution Group permissions override individual user permissions. For example, if you give a user full access and add that user to a group with read access permission, that user will not be able to configure mobility services engine settings.

To add a users to a mobility services engine, follow these steps:

Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine to which you want to add users.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Users.

Step 4 From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add User and click Go.

Step 5 Enter the username in the Username text box.

Step 6 Enter a password in the Password text box.

Step 7 Enter the name of the group to which the user belongs in the Group Name text box.

Step 8 From the Permission drop-down list, choose a permission level (read, write, or full).

Note Full Access is required for WCS to access mobility services engines.

Step 9 Click Save.

Deleting Users

To delete a user from a mobility services engine, follow these steps:

Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine from which you want to delete a user.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Users .

Step 4 Select the check boxes of the users that you want to delete.

Step 5 From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Delete User and click Go.

Step 6 Click OK.

Changing User Properties

To change user properties, follow these steps:

Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine you want to edit.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Users.

Step 4 Click the name of the group that you want to edit.

Step 5 Make the required changes to the Password, Group Name, and Permission text boxes.

Step 6 Click Save.