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Gordon Muscroft

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Active Directory security
« on: April 23, 2012, 09:42:20 pm »
I am using Active Directory (AD) for security. I have found that as long as a user logs in to EA Sparx with the correct format in AD (Eg: John.Smith), a password is not needed. If the John.Smith account has edit rights on the project, then the user who logged in as John.Smith will have edit rights. If audit is on, then the correct AD user name is however recorded in the Audit history.... (Example, the real user is Jane.Doe).

Note: I have not added passwords to Sparx as I do not want to maintain them. I figure thats what AD is for.....

Do I have to add passwords to all the AD acounts. Tell me this is not so!

Environment: Windows Vista 32 bit
Other: Model backend is on SQL Server 2008 R2 64 bit.
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Re: Active Directory security
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 09:50:30 pm »
EA security settings are independent of AD. AD is just used for the initial login process in EA. Afterwards the internal user/group settings of EA are used for further security checks.

You can add additional users outside AD. Once you set a password for an AD-imported user EA checks that password and a login prompt is displayed like for a non-AD user.

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Gordon Muscroft

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Re: Active Directory security
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2012, 10:05:57 pm »
So really, the AD integration does almost nothing.... It really does not even do the initial logon, as even if you are not the AD user, EA lets you into the project as the user.....

I will have to maintain (seperate) EA passwords for all my AD accounts...

I will post it to improvements/request for enhancement....

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Re: Active Directory security
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2012, 10:35:48 pm »
Do that. Others have requested that as well. Maybe you can find the thread in the suggestions. But sending via the official page (link at bottom of this page) is even more appropriate.

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Gordon Muscroft

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Re: Active Directory security
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2012, 09:39:00 pm »
Mea culpa. Or... Read the manual. To use AD in the project you must use the Import button, and not create the users. (I was not importing the users.)

Notes:
Menu: Project/Security/Manage Users..
Button: Import Users (On the Manage Users Screen)
This brings up the import screen for AD users..


Help Item: Import User IDs From Active Directory

Thanks to the Sparx help desk....
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