Cisco Wireless Intrusion Prevention System Configuration Guide, Release 7.4

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Managing Users and Groups

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February 18, 2013

Chapter: Managing Users and Groups

Managing Users and Groups

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

This chapter contains the following sections:

Prerequisites

Full access is required for Cisco Prime Infrastructure to access mobility services engines.

Guidelines and Limitations

Group permissions override individual user permissions. For example, if you give a user full access and add that user to a group with read only access, that user is unable to configure mobility services engine settings.

Managing User Groups

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

User groups allow you to assign different access privileges to users.

This section contains the following topics:

Adding User Groups

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


Note

The Services > Mobility Services Engine page is available only in root virtual domain.
    Step 1   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. Click Go.
    Step 5   Enter the name of the group in the Group Name text box.
    Step 6   Choose a permission level ( read, write, or full) from the Permission drop-down list.
    Note   

    Full access is required for the Prime Infrastructure 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   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 only read access, that user is unable to configure mobility services engine settings.

      To change user group permissions, follow these steps:

        Step 1   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, full).
        Step 6   Click Save.

        Managing Users

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

        This section contains the following topics:

        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 only read access, that user is unable to configure mobility services engine settings.

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

          Step 1   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. 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 the Prime Infrastructure 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   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 > Groups.
            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. Click Go.
            Step 6   Click OK.

            Changing User Properties

            To change user properties, follow these steps:

              Step 1   Choose Services > Mobility Services Engines.
              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 and Group Name text boxes.
              Step 6   Click Save.

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