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If you are using a Novell network and the users you want to provide access to FaxPress are defined within the Novell network database, you can register new users to FaxPress by accessing the Novell network through FaxPress using Single Sign On (SSO).

You may still need to manually create user accounts if you need access to FaxPress through a third party application or gateway product such as MS-Word or Microsoft Exchange.

Using Single Sign On to register your user accounts automates the creation, registration, and maintenance to your FaxPress user accounts.

In brief, the implementation steps are:

Some individual user properties not defined in the template must be manually configured.

The maintenance of you FaxPress users will now be performed through your Novell network mechanism. You can periodically remove obsolete user accounts at the click of a button through the Storage Reclamation tab of the Server Properties.

Assign Users to Groups

Use your Novell administrative tools to assign users to the FaxPress groups. Refer to User Authentication (Novell Only) for details on locating the FaxPress serial number and global groups.

If a particular user is a member of two or more groups, the privilege level assigned to the serial number group takes precedence.

Create a User Properties Template

The first time a user of a group receives a fax, a default mailbox will be created using properties specified in the Mailbox template based on box in the User Authentication tab in your Server Properties dialog box. These properties include parameters such as print confirmation page and printer configuration. You can use any of the standard FaxPress templates: Guest, User, Router, Operator, and Supervisor, or create a new user and configure it to your own specifications.

To create your own template, follow the instruction for creating a new user, and then configure it accordingly. Then add the new template in the Mailbox template based on box in the User Authentication screen.

The standard settings of automatically created user accounts can be customized at any time. See Creating User Accounts for more information.

Login

When a FaxPress server is configured to utilize Novell Single Sign On, FaxPress will verify that the user is logged into the network. If user is not logged in, FaxPress will prompt the user to login to the network.

Be careful! The FaxPress user account that you rename will no longer exist under that name and cannot again be accessed.

Remove Network Association option

You can break the association between a FaxPress mailbox and a Novell network user by removing the link from the FaxPress mail box to the fully qualified network name or FNN. This may be necessary prior to removing obsolete mailboxes. For example, if a user’s network account has been removed and you remove obsolete mailboxes using the Storage Reclamation function in the Server Properties, the FaxPress user account will be deleted. If you need to access this account later, you can just eliminate the link to the network account. Now the FaxPress mailbox is a stand alone account requiring manual login with user name and password.

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