Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

User Accounts and Groups
Importing user accounts
To the local user database, you can import selected accounts from theActive Directory or the
Windows NT domain (import from Windows NT is available only in Kerio Control on Windows).
Each import of a user account covers creating of a local account with the identical name and
the same domain authentication parameters. Specific Kerio Control parameters (such as access
rights, content rules, data transfer quotas, etc.) can be set by using the template for the local
user database (see chapter 16.1) or/and they can be defined individually for special accounts.
The Active Directory / Windows NT authentication type is set for all accounts imported..
Note: This method of user accounts import is recommended especially when Windows NT
domain is used (domain server with the Windows NT Server operating system). If Active Directory
domain is used, it is easier and recommended to use the transparent support for Active
Directory (domain mapping — see chapter16.4).
Click Import to start importing user accounts (in the Domain entry, the Local user database
must be selected, otherwise this button is inactive).
In the import dialog, select the type of the domain from which accounts will be imported and,
with respect to the domain type, specify the following parameters:
• Active Directory — for import of accounts, Active Directory domain name, DNS name
or IP address of the domain server as well as login data for user database reading (any
account belonging to the domain) are required.
Figure 16.9
Import of accounts from Active Directory
• NT domain — domain name is required for import. The Kerio Control host must be
a member of this domain.
228