Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

13.2 Creating a user accountWarning: Passwords for those user accounts that have full administration rights should bekept close so that they cannot be misused by an unauthorized user.13.2 Creating a user accountNew user accounts can be defined in the Domain Settings → Users section.Figure 13.1User accountsFirst, choose a local domain in the Domain field, in which the accounts will be defined. Eachdomain may include local accounts as well as accounts saved in a directory service (e.g. MicrosoftActive Directory). The list of users of the particular domain includes both types ofaccounts. However, only local accounts can be added (accounts for directory services must becreated with the respective administration tools, e.g. Active Directory Users and Computers).Some of the features of accounts within a directory service can be edited.Warning: If an account mapped from the directory service is deleted in the administrationconsole, the account is disabled in Kerio MailServer.Note: The roles of each column of this window will be better understood through the followingdescriptions. The only exception — the Data source column — displays account types:• Internal — the account is stored in the internal user database.• LDAP — the account is saved in a directory service (Active Directory, Apple Open Directory).Click on the Add button to open a guide to create a new user account. If the domain isconfigured to be used with directory services (see chapter 7.6), a dialog where you can definewhether you would like to activate users from a directory service or create a new local accountwill be displayed.If a user is activated, a user account is saved into the directory service. Since the activation itcan be used by Kerio MailServer. All events and information will be saved into the directoryservice.105