Dell NetWorker 19.10 Security Configuration Guide

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Example: Configure the External Roles attribute for AD authentication

To add an AD group that is named NetWorker to the Console Security Administrators group on the NMC server, perform the following steps.

  1. To connect to the AD directory, use ADSI Edit.
  2. Navigate to the AD group, right-click the group name, and then select Properties.
  3. On the Attribute Editor window, select distinguishedName from the attribute list, and then select View.
  4. On the String Attribute Editor window, with the entire dn highlighted, right-click in the value field, and then select Copy. The following figure provides an example of copying the group DN in the ADSI Editor.
    Figure 1. Copying the group DN
    Copying the group DN
  5. Click Cancel, and then close ADSI Editor.
  6. Connect to the NMC server with the NetWorker Authentication Service administrator account.
  7. On the Setup windows select Users and Roles > NMC Roles > Console Security Administrator.
  8. In the External Roles attribute, paste the group DN value. The following figure provides an example of the group DN entry for the NetWorker group.
    Figure 2. Configuring the External Roles attribute
    Configuring the External Roles attribute

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