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Managing Users and Groups
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3. Click the Import and Sign-In button.
A message is displayed, the user is imported to the “Auto-Import users” folder, and the user
is signed in with the role inherited from the “Auto-Import users” folder.
If the user name exists in Windows domain, but the user provides the wrong Windows
password, the user is imported but the sign-in fails. The user can sign in again with the
correct password. If the user provides a user name that does not exist in either the Windows
domain or the MediaCentral user database, the user is not imported and the sign-in fails.
Creating a New User or Editing User Details
You can create individual users instead of importing a group of users. You can assign a user to
one or more groups, including the Administrators group.
MediaCentral UX v2.1 introduced more secure password requirements. Starting with
MediaCentral UX v2.2, administrators have the option of turning off this requirement. See
“Turning Off Secure Password Requirements” on page 82.
To create a new user:
1. Sign in to MediaCentral UX as an administrator and select Users from the Layout selector.
2. Do one of the following:
t In the user tree, select a group to which you want to add a new user, right-click, and
select Create User.
The new user will be added to the selected group.