, an Admin User must login with a valid user name and password. Admin Users can be added and managed only by an Admin User with the Security Officer role.
The passwords for these users can be stored and authenticated within
Managed File Transfer
's database, or can be authenticated against Windows Active Directory (AD) or LDAP.
Each Admin User may belong to one or more
Admin Groups. The Admin User will adopt the Admin Roles (authorities) from any Admin Group(s) to which they belong. An Admin User can also be granted individual Admin Roles.
The Admin User's Roles (permissions) will determine which functions the Admin User has access to in
Managed File Transfer
.
"The Admin User administrator is created by default when installing
Managed File Transfer
. The "administrative level" users have authorization to all functions in
Managed File Transfer
. After installing
Managed File Transfer
, a Security Officer should
change the default passwords for the administrator account in accordance with their corporate data security policy.