Administering user accounts
To access applications on a FH Web Edition server, clients must sign in to the server machine. When users start a FH Web Edition client, they are prompted for their user name, password, and the name of the server they wish to access. This information is optionally encrypted and passed to the Application Publishing Service running on the FH Web Edition server. The Application Publishing Service then performs the logon operation using standard multi-user features of Windows.
When a user signs in to a server and a domain is not specified, the FH Web Edition server first attempts to authenticate the account on the local machine, followed by the machine’s domain, and lastly the trusted domains. Users can override this default behavior and specify a domain by typing the domain name, followed by a backslash (\) and their network user name, in the Sign In dialog box, in User name.
Example: NORTH\johng
When a local user name on the FH Web Edition server is the same user name as a domain account, each with a different password, FH Web Edition treats them as two separate accounts.
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Example: The following accounts and passwords exist:
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Once a user is signed in, FH Web Edition relies on the server’s operating system to provide the security necessary to run applications safely in a multi-user environment. Applications run in the security context of the client user to ensure private sessions. Access to all machines and network resources is governed by the operating system and the rights that have been granted to individual user’s sessions.
Users must be able to log on interactively (locally) on the FH Web Edition server. Assign local logon rights to users in Local Security Policy, Domain Security Policy, and Domain Controller Security Policy.
This chapter contains basic information regarding on the FH Web Edition server. For more detailed information on the administration of user accounts, consult your Windows Help, accessible from the Start menu.