Cisco Cisco Expressway Maintenance Manual
User Accounts
This section provides information about how to configure administrator and FindMe user accounts, and how to display
the details of all active administrator and FindMe sessions.
the details of all active administrator and FindMe sessions.
About User Accounts
The Expressway has two types of user account for normal operation:
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Administrator accounts: used to configure the Expressway.
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FindMe accounts: used by individuals in an enterprise to configure their FindMe profile.
Account Authentication
Administrator and FindMe accounts must be authenticated before access is allowed to the Expressway.
Expressway can authenticate accounts either locally or against a remote directory service using LDAP (currently, only
Windows Active Directory is supported), or it can use a combination of local and remotely managed accounts. The
remote option allows administration groups to be set up in the directory service for all Expressways in an enterprise,
removing the need to have separate accounts on each Expressway.
Windows Active Directory is supported), or it can use a combination of local and remotely managed accounts. The
remote option allows administration groups to be set up in the directory service for all Expressways in an enterprise,
removing the need to have separate accounts on each Expressway.
If a remote source is used for either administrator or FindMe account authentication, you also need to configure the
Expressway with:
Expressway with:
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appropriate LDAP server connection settings
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administrator groups and/or FindMe groups that match the corresponding group names already set up in the
remote directory service to manage administrator and FindMe access to this Expressway (see
remote directory service to manage administrator and FindMe access to this Expressway (see
and Configuring user groups)
. This would typically be required if
the Expressway was deployed in a highly-secure environment.
Account Types
Administrator accounts
Administrator accounts are used to configure the Expressway.
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