Working with HelpMaster clients and Active Directory
Enabling and Disabling clients from Active Directory synchronization
Each client has a flag that can be set that will enable or disable their
participation in an Active Directory synchronization. This flag can be set
by one of the following methods:
Method 1 - For an individual client
- Open the client detail screen for the client. This can be done via
the HelpMaster Desktop edition, or via the HelpMaster Active
Directory Management application.
- On the Settings tab, Active Directory frame, check or clear the "Is
Active Directory enabled" checkbox.
Method 2 - For an individual client or a group of clients
- Open the client search screen and search for the clients you wish to
update
- Select each client you wish to update
- Right-click on a selected client to display a popup menu
- Select the appropriate Active Directory enable / disable state for the
selected clients
Associating and Disassociating clients from Active Directory synchronization
Each client that has been matched to a corresponding Active Directory user
will continue to be updated as long the HelpMaster Active Directory service
is running and that client has the "Is Active Directory enabled" checkbox
checked. On occasion, it may be necessary to disassociate a HelpMaster
client from and Active Directory user. This can be done by one of the
following methods:
Method 1 - For an individual client
- Open the client detail screen for the client.
- On the Settings tab, Active Directory frame, click the "Unassociate from
Active Directory user" button
Method 2 - For an individual client or a group of clients
- Open the client search screen and search for the clients you wish to
update
- Select each client you wish to update
- Right-click on a selected client to display a popup menu
- Select the "Unassociate from Active Directory user" menu for the
selected clients
Method 3 - For all clients
- Open the Active Directory profile screen
- Click on the Global tab
- Click on the button entitled "Unassociate all HelpMaster clients"
Please note that when you disassociate a HelpMaster client from an Active
Directory user, their "Is Active Directory enabled" checkbox will automatically
be unchecked. This is to prevent the HelpMaster user from
automatically being re-associated with the same, or similar Active Directory
user the next time an enabled Active Directory Profile is run. If you wish
to have this client re-associated with an Active Directory user you will need to
re-enable them for Active Directory synchronization. See the section above
on how to do this.
See also
Working with
the Active Directory module
Profile schedule and Filter date