Not all the administrators in an organization will have access to all the switches, routers, and other core devices in the network. The access to passwords, SNMP community strings, etc., of these core devices will be available only to few senior administrators as any minor configuration errors may bring down the whole network or affect the business activities. In such cases, it is required to have different roles within the product to differentiate different users.
You can also authenticate users via Active Directory.
OpUtils allows you to create users in two different roles in administering the product:
Users in the Administrator Role can perform all the activities in OpUtils. They can add, modify, delete any devices in all the tools and can set up specific configuration parameters like configuring email alerts.
Users in the Technician Role will have limited access to certain tools. They will not be able to do any destructive operations in those tools like deleting or modifying any device configurations. They will also be not able to add any new devices. They will only be able to perform the basic scanning operations, view the results, export the reports, and so on.
Users in read-only role will only have read access to the tools. They will not be able to add or delete any devices and or initiate scanning or other configurations.
The table below will list the various operations and the access levels of different roles:
Tool | Operations |
Admin Role |
Technician Role |
Read-only Role |
---|---|---|---|---|
Switch Port Mapper |
Add Switch |
Yes |
No |
No |
Add Router |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Schedule Scanning |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Changing Settings |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Manual Scanning |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Deleting a Switch |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Adding Custom Column |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Choosing Columns in View |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
At Port Level |
|
|
|
|
Disable Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Enable Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Modify Alias Name |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Get Port Status |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Import System Location |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Exclude Port |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Import Switch Port Details |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
IP Address Manager |
Adding Subnets |
Yes |
No |
No |
Discovering Subnets |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Changing Settings |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Scheduling Scan |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Choosing Columns in View |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
IP Level |
|
|
|
|
Changing Reserved Status (Reserved, Not Reserved) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Changing Used Status (Used, Available, Transient) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Changing Authenticity (Trusted, Guest, Rogue) |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Importing IP Details |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Adding Custom Column |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Tree Level |
|
|
|
|
Right-click Operations on Subnet, Group |
Yes |
Yes - Only Scan option |
No |
|
Rogue Detection |
Changing Authenticity (Trusted, Guest, Rogue) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Block/Unblock Port |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Add Router |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Configure Alert |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Config File Manager |
Adding a Device |
Yes |
No |
No |
Modifying/Deleting a Device |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Fetching Config Files Manually |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Scheduling Backup |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Changing Settings |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Comparing Config Files |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Uploading Config Files |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Editing Config Files |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Network Monitor |
Adding a Device |
Yes |
No |
No |
Modifying/Deleting a Device |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Exporting Host Details |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Configuring Alerts |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Scheduling Monitoring |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Administrative Functions |
Add or modify any users in OpUtils. |
Yes |
No |
No |
Configuring general OpUtils Settings (Admin --> Settings --> General tab) |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Admin --> Scheduler link will not be available |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Configuring SMTP Settings (Admin --> Settings --> SMTP tab) |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Adding a Sound File for Sound Alerts |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Changing or Resetting the Password |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Configuring Scheduled Backup of the OpUtils Database. |
Yes |
No |
No |
The default admin user will
only be able to add any new user or modify or delete them.
To add a user
Click the Admin tab and choose User Management from the left panel.
This will display the users that have been already added. Click Add User and choose the authentication as Local or Active Directory. You should add your domains for enabling Active Directory Authentication.
Specify the user name, password and the role.
Optionally, you can also specify the Email Address, Phone Number, and Description of the user.
Click the Add User button. The User is added to the User Account Data table.
Note: As a User/Admin if you want to change/reset the Password and set the Session time for the tool read the Personalize section.
Error Messages : E6003 User already exists
To modify a user
1.Click the Admin tab and choose User Management from the left panel.
2. Click the icon.
3. Modify the user details.
4. Click the Modify button to save the changes.
5.Click Cancel to exit the operation
To delete a user
1. Click the icon located in the User name row. A confirmation dialog appears. Click OK to delete the user or click the Cancel button to exit from the operation.