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SCM Manager (new) user types

Morning SO,

This may be a really silly question - but I have recently inherited the caretaker role for SCM and have to try to cheat my way through.

I can add new users to SCM, but my team and I are all of type "ActiveDirectory" whilst new users all default to "xml"... how can I change these types?

Solution

  • The user type depends on the authentication solution you use. The default way is the "xml" type which means a local user. You can manage them through SCM-Managers user control. Users from an external authentication provider like LDAP or Active Directory are automatically created by their first successful login attempt to SCM-Manager.

    You can't and don't need to create users from an external authentication provider manually. To assign a group the a new user or to define a special permission, you can type the expected username to the free text field of the group/permission control.