Lexmark MS617 Embedded Web Server Administrator s Guide - Page 35

Connecting your printer to an Active Directory domain

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Securing printers 35 1 From the Embedded Web Server, click Settings > Security > Security Setup. 2 Under Advanced Security Setup, click Internal Accounts > Setup groups for use with internal accounts. 3 Type the group name. Note: Group names can contain up to 128 UTF‑8 characters. 4 Click Add. Creating user accounts Note: We recommend creating groups before creating a user account. 1 From the Embedded Web Server, click Settings > Security > Security Setup. 2 Under Advanced Security Setup, click Internal Accounts > Add an Internal Account. 3 Provide the information needed for each account: • Account Name-Type the account name of the user using up to 164 UTF‑8 characters. • User ID-Type an ID for the account using up to 128 UTF‑8 characters. • Password-Type a password of between 8 and 128 characters. • Re‑enter Password-Type the password entered in the preceding field. • E‑mail-Type the e-mail address of the user. • Groups-Select the groups to which the account belongs. Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple groups for the account. 4 Click Submit. Specifying settings for internal accounts Internal account settings determine the information an administrator submits when creating a new internal account and the information a user submits when authenticating. • Custom Building Block Name-Type a unique name for this building block. • Require E‑mail Address-Select this box to make the e-mail address a required field when creating new internal accounts. • Required User Credentials-Select either User ID or User ID and password to specify the information a user must submit when authenticating. Connecting your printer to an Active Directory domain Using Active Directory simplifies network authentication and authorization setup, automatically creating and configuring LDAP+GSSAPI and Kerberos authentication building blocks. It also simplifies certificate chain download. Note: Use HTTPS to protect the credentials that are used to join the printer to the domain. 1 From the Embedded Web Server, click Settings > Security > Security Setup. 2 Under Advanced Security Setup, click Active Directory > Join an Active Directory Domain. 3 Provide the information needed for each account: • Domain Name-Use uppercase to type the name of the domain that you want to join. • User ID-Type the user name of the network administrator or any individual who has rights to add computers to a network.

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1
From the Embedded Web Server, click
Settings
>
Security
>
Security Setup
.
2
Under Advanced Security Setup, click
Internal Accounts
>
Setup groups for use with internal accounts
.
3
Type the group name.
Note:
Group names can contain up to 128 UTF
8 characters.
4
Click
Add
.
Creating user accounts
Note:
We recommend creating groups before creating a user account.
1
From the Embedded Web Server, click
Settings
>
Security
>
Security Setup
.
2
Under Advanced Security Setup, click
Internal Accounts
>
Add an Internal Account
.
3
Provide the information needed for each account:
Account Name
—Type the account name of the user using up to 164 UTF
8 characters.
User ID
—Type an ID for the account using up to 128 UTF
8 characters.
Password
—Type a password of between 8 and 128 characters.
Re
enter Password
—Type the password entered in the preceding field.
E
mail
—Type the e-mail address of the user.
Groups
—Select the groups to which the account belongs. Hold down the
Ctrl
key to select multiple
groups for the account.
4
Click
Submit
.
Specifying settings for internal accounts
Internal account settings determine the information an administrator submits when creating a new internal
account and the information a user submits when authenticating.
Custom Building Block Name
—Type a unique name for this building block.
Require E
mail Address
—Select this box to make the e-mail address a required field when creating new
internal accounts.
Required User Credentials
—Select either
User ID
or
User ID and password
to specify the information a
user must submit when authenticating.
Connecting your printer to an Active Directory domain
Using Active Directory simplifies network authentication and authorization setup, automatically creating and
configuring LDAP+GSSAPI and Kerberos authentication building blocks. It also simplifies certificate chain
download.
Note:
Use HTTPS to protect the credentials that are used to join the printer to the domain.
1
From the Embedded Web Server, click
Settings
>
Security
>
Security Setup
.
2
Under Advanced Security Setup, click
Active Directory
>
Join an Active Directory Domain
.
3
Provide the information needed for each account:
Domain Name
—Use uppercase to type the name of the domain that you want to join.
User ID
—Type the user name of the network administrator or any individual who has rights to add
computers to a network.
Securing printers
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