Configuring Administrator Authentication
Administrator authentication is a mechanism by which an administrator ID is confirmed via a login user
name and password when an administrator starts to make the various settings of this machine or when
accessing the machine from a network. When registering an administrator, you cannot use a login user
name already registered in the Address Book. Administrators are handled differently from the users
registered in the Address Book. Windows authentication, LDAP authentication and Integration Server
Authentication are not performed for an administrator, so an administrator can log in even if the server is
unreachable due to a network problem. Each administrator is identified by a login user name. One
person can act as more than one type of administrator if multiple administrator privileges are granted to
a single login user name. For instructions on registering the administrator, see p.18 "Registering and
Changing Administrators".
You can specify the login user name, login password, and encryption password for each administrator.
The encryption password is used for encrypting data transmitted via SNMPv3. It is also used by
applications such as SmartDeviceMonitor for Admin that use SNMPv3. Administrators are limited to
managing the machine's settings and controlling user access, so they cannot use functions such as
copying and printing. To use these functions, the administrator must register as a user in the Address
Book and then be authenticated as the user. Specify administrator authentication, and then specify user
authentication. For details about specifying authentication, see p.31 "Configuring User
Authentication".
Roles of each administrator
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