User accounts settings

The User accounts settings are displayed from the Settings task when the User accounts folder is selected in the Application Explorer's configuration tree. ClosedShow picture

  • Use the advanced security strategy - See the topic Using the advanced security strategy for more information.
  • Enable network-dependent profile association - Enable User accounts to use different profiles depending on the station where the user logs in.
  • Built-in user accounts directory
    • Password policy - Password robustness requirements
      • Minimum length - The required minimum length of the password (default 12).
      • Required character sets
        • Case-insensitive password - If set, password verification is not case sensitive
        • Case-sensitive password - If set, password verification is case sensitive but does not enforce the use of special characters
        • Case-sensitive strong password - Enforce the use of a strong password. See the topic Configuring a user for more information.
    • When the advanced strategy is used
      • Number of login attempts - The number of login attempts before an account is locked. Range 1 to 10. Default 3.
    • 'Display name' property - Select the manner in which the Display name is constructed from the First name and Last name properties.
  • External user accounts directory
    • Enable connection to the Microsoft Windows® directory - Enable the configuration of user accounts using Windows users and Windows user groups. See Using Windows Domain user groups for more information.
      • Auto logon with current user - If activated, the current Windows user is automatically logged in to PcVue at startup if it is allowed to, i.e. if the user belongs to a Windows group associated to a PcVue profile. If it does not, the login dialog box is displayed.
      • Account properties update
        • Display name - Use the Full name property from the external user account as PcVue Display name property.
        • Last name - Use the Last name property from the external user account as PcVue Last name property.
        • First name - Use the First name property from the external user account as PcVue First name property.
        • Description - Use the Description property from the external user account as PcVue Description property.
        • Title - Use the Job title property from the external user account as PcVue Title property.
        • Mobile phone number - Use the Telephone number property from the external user account as PcVue Mobile phone number property.
        • Fax number - Use the Fax number property from the external user account as PcVue Fax number property.
        • E-mail address - Use the Email address property from the external user account as PcVue E-mail address property.
      • Directory connection
        • Domain name - Allow authentication of users on a specific domain.
          Defaults to empty to indicate that users should be authenticated against the domain to which the computer belongs to.
          Set a value corresponding to a domain name if you need users to be authenticated against another specific domain.
        • Logon type - Depending on the security strategy of the domain, some logon types do not work. Do not cache the credentials requires a weaker strategy than Cache the credentials.
          Cache the credentials, when allowed by the domain, allows a User to logon to a computer, if he had already done so in the past, even if the controller is not accessible (LOGON32_LOGON_INTERACTIVE).
          Do not cache credentials is intended for high performance servers to authenticate with plaintext passwords and does not cache credentials (LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK).

        • Secure connection - Enabled by default. Disable this setting if your AD-DS deployment does not include the use of a certificate for securing connection to the AD-DS server when browsing groups using LDAPS services.