# User administation

Select administration area

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### Local user accounts

#### Creating a new staff member

Start the new staff wizard, enter required information if the user is required to login check the "Allow login" box

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You can use the generate password button to create a password

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Service scheduler will check for a similar name to ensure that the user

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#### Edit existing staff member

To find a staff member that has had their account disabled. Select the following button

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Adjust user details as required

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### LDAP Integration (Active Directory)

To enable LDAP integration, navigate to system settings and search for "ldap"

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<table border="1" id="bkmrk-ldap_allow_company-t" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>ldap\_allow\_company</td><td>This will look at the users "company" and if matches will allow login/ Blank will allow any company value.</td></tr><tr><td>ldap\_allow\_departments</td><td>This will look at group the user is a member of and if they match a group name </td></tr><tr><td>ldap\_domain</td><td>Your LDAP / Active Directory domain name</td></tr><tr><td>ldap\_server\_hostname</td><td>The domain will be used to find a server via DNS but a specific server can be specified.</td></tr><tr><td>ldap\_server\_port</td><td>Port to communicate for LDAP requests</td></tr></tbody></table>

Departments / Active Directory groups are the recommended method of controller

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As the password is controlled by LDAP, attempting to change the password will result in "User passwords are managed by LDAP integration"

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### Bulk Import

Create a CSV file with the following format.

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="bkmrk-dmsid-fullname-email" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 915px; height: 205.917px;" width="640"><colgroup><col span="8" style="width: 105.625px;" width="64"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 46.25px;"><td height="17" style="height: 46.25px; width: 48pt;" width="64">dmsid</td><td style="width: 48pt; height: 46.25px;" width="64">fullname</td><td style="width: 48pt; height: 46.25px;" width="64">email\_address</td><td style="width: 48pt; height: 46.25px;" width="64">username</td><td style="width: 48pt; height: 46.25px;" width="64">password</td><td style="width: 48pt; height: 46.25px;" width="64">administrator</td><td style="width: 48pt; height: 46.25px;" width="64">advisor</td><td style="width: 48pt; height: 46.25px;" width="64">technician</td></tr><tr style="height: 79.8333px;"><td height="17" style="height: 79.8333px;"> </td><td style="height: 79.8333px;">Joe Boss</td><td style="height: 79.8333px;">joe.boss@company.com</td><td style="height: 79.8333px;">joe.boss</td><td style="height: 79.8333px;">\#password2024!</td><td align="right" style="height: 79.8333px;">1</td><td align="right" style="height: 79.8333px;">0</td><td align="right" style="height: 79.8333px;">0</td></tr><tr style="height: 79.8333px;"><td height="17" style="height: 79.8333px;"> </td><td style="height: 79.8333px;">Joe Advisor</td><td style="height: 79.8333px;">joe.advisor@company.com</td><td style="height: 79.8333px;">joe.advisor</td><td style="height: 79.8333px;">\#password2024!</td><td align="right" style="height: 79.8333px;">0</td><td align="right" style="height: 79.8333px;">1</td><td align="right" style="height: 79.8333px;">0</td></tr></tbody></table>

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