Creating Users in GM5

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  • #53285
    Doug Sherrington
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      I just started working with GM so be gentle.  😉

      I am trying to set up a second user, one other than ‘administrator’, and I feel like I’m missing something. In order to create the user in the UI you have to generate certificates. To create those certificates, you have to use Certificate Manager. You enter the ‘Issue User Certificate’ flow which will generate a .der file that you are to send to the user.

      My issue is that at the point you send them that file, they can’t do anything with it without using some form of third party tool. They’re supposed to create a password then send you the file back, then you use that to create the final cert that you send to them for use. THEN you can create that user in the GM UI and add views, etc to their account.

      1. Did I mistunderstand something in the process?

      2. If not, what tool is the user intended to process the .der file with? (Portecle?)

      Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered. The product documentation is pretty light in this area as far as I can tell.

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      • #77154
        Bob Richardson
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          Greetings Doug!

          Don’t be hard on yourself here – we implemented GMX 5.0.1 (the .1 is a hot fix to make the email function work – advise getting it from Lawson support).

          Ok…

          (1) You create the certificates in the Cloverleaf Certificate manager

          on the server  we give everyone an unexpiring type password.

          (2) You do not distribute Certificates!!

          (3) Open up the GMX gui as administrator and do the “Add User” function.

          (4) The Certificates are moved from server to client folders for you.

          (5) Send the password and account name to end user.

          (6) Ask them to test it.

          (7) Done

          The GMX method here is a wedged Advance Security type implementation,

          that is, the pieces were ripped from AS and adapted to the GMX.

          Hence the somewhat “kludgy” certificate model.

          I hope this helps you out!

          Enjoy.

        • #77155
          Doug Sherrington
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            Thanks Bob.

            I looked at the Certificate Manager again and realised that I could just click the ‘Make Private Key’ button in the flow to continue instead of sending them the .info file.

            I’ve successfully created a few users now and created views for them and they appear to be functioning.

            Thanks for the heads up on the patch. I had it installed, but hadn’t mentioned it.

            😀

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