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Summary

Name

Active?

Default Domain

Default Address Space

LNA Department

Other Departments

Default Group

Member Groups

All Groups

Record Access

All Records

Comment

Summary

Users are the people with NetDB accounts. Users must have a valid SUNet ID to access NetDB. The User record determines a User's access privileges through Groups and record access.

Associated Fields:

Name- A User's account name must be User's principal kerberos SUNet ID. In other words, if Leland Stanford's primary account name is "leland" but he also has "leland.stanford" and "stanford" as SUNet IDs, NetDB requires "leland".

Active? - "Yes" means account is active. "No" means account is inactive.

Default Domain - This is the implied Domain if the User does not specify a Domain when creating a Node. For example, if the User's default Domain is "stanford.edu" and the User creates Node "MyNode", the fully qualified name for the Node is "MyNode.stanford.edu". The User must be in the same Group as the default Domain.

Default Address Space - When creating a Node, NetDB will automatically assign the next available address in the User's default address space. The User must be in the same Group as the default address space.

LNA Department - List of departments where the User is the LNA.

Other Departments - List of departments that the User is affiliated with but not the LNA of. For example, a User in CRC may be the LNA for Office of General Counsel because of a contract agreement but the User's actual department may be CRC.

Default Group - Records that the User creates will automatically be placed in the default Group. This is a mandatory field unless the account is inactive.

Member Groups - List of all Groups that the User is a member of. To delete the Group that is also the User's default Group, you must first change the default Group to another Group. A User can only modify/delete records in his member Groups. A User can only add Nodes to Domains and address spaces that are in his member Groups.

All Groups - Checking this box means the User has access to all Groups. This is a common setting for Central IT staff who support folks in many departments.

Record Access - To modify, create or delete a record , Users must have both Group and record rights. There are 6 record types: Group, Domain, User, Admin Team, Network and Node. Below is a list of who typically needs record access:

Record Type of User
Group Networking Systems staff
Domain Networking Systems Staff
User Networking Systems Staff
Admin Team Manager of the Admin Team
Network Networking Systems Staff
Node Local Network Administrators

All Records - Checking this box gives the User access to all records.

Comment - useful information can be added here.  This field is searchable with Full Search. Only printable characters are valid for comments. The printable character set consists of the alphabet, any numbers, all punctuation and spaces. For example, the carriage return is a non-printable character.

 
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