OS Auth. Users

If you use OS Auth. - Windows User Administration, you can import Active Directory users to WinCC OA and add them to the OS Auth. - Windows User Administration. Open the User Selection panel via User Administration > Users > Add OS-User:

Figure 1. Add -> OS User

Figure 2. User Selection Panel

For "Emergency User" - see chapter User administration panel

  • In the panel Active Directory users can be loaded via Load users:

  • At the top of the panel, you can filter by user names. You can use e.g. *:

  • Enter a search text to the search field and use this button to search for the text.

  • Delete the filter text.

  • On the right you can configure the view of the users by using different buttons:

  • Select all selected users. Note that you can select multiple users by holding the SHIFT key and selecting the users.

    Note: If a user does not belong to any group, a warning is shown and the user cannot be imported.

    The groups for an OS user are imported if the system is configured by using the config entry modifyGroups=1.

    If the system is configured with modifyGroups =0, no new groups will be imported, and the membership data will be calculated based on the existing groups.

  • Deselect all selected users

  • Select the search result

  • Delete the user selection

  • Show all selected users

At the bottom of the panel you can enter how many users should be shown on a page. You can move to the next or previous page or to the end or start of the user list.

Figure 3. Users per page - Users are loaded

Figure 4. Users per page - Loaded users

The selected users can be saved in WinCC OA by using the "Save" button.

CAUTION:

Users that were already saved in WinCC OA cannot be deleted by using the Operating System Group Selection panel.

Note:

Users of the group ROOT can open the User administration panel.