Editing or Deleting an SSH User

On the Details tab of the Edit User dialog, you can view details about the user and associated key. On the Access Management tab of the Edit User dialog, you can map Keyfactor user accounts to Linux logon account to cause the SSHClosed The SSH (secure shell) protocol provides for secure connections between computers. It provides several options for authentication, including public key, and protects the communications with strong encryption. keys in Keyfactor Command associated with those Keyfactor users to be published to the authorized_keys file of the Linux user (see SSH).

Tip:  For keys created through the My SSH Key portal (see My SSH Key), a Keyfactor user is an Active Directory user account. For keys created through the Service Account Keys page (see Service Account Keys), a Keyfactor user is a user-generated service account name of the form servicename@hostnameClosed The unique identifier that serves as name of a computer. It is sometimes presented as a fully qualified domain name (e.g. servername.keyexample.com) and sometimes just as a short name (e.g. servername)..

To map an Keyfactor user to a Linux logon:

  1. In the Management Portal, browse to SSH > Server Manager.
  2. On the Server Manager page, select the Users tab.
  3. In the Users grid locate the user whose key you wish to publish to one or more Linux logons.
  4. Double-click the user, right-click the user and choose Edit Access from the right-click menu, or highlight the row in the users grid and click Edit Access at the top of the grid.
  5. On the Access Management tab in the Login Access dropdown, select a logon to associate the user or service account with. A logon will appear more than once if it exists on more than one server. Be sure to select the logon on the correct server. Click Add.

    Figure 334: Edit Access for a Keyfactor User

  6. Click Save to save the access management settings.
Tip:  Only the mappings of Keyfactor users to Linux logons on the Access Management tab are editable in an existing user record. Nothing on the Details tab of the Edit Users dialog is editable.

To delete a user, highlight the row in the users grid and click Delete at the top of the grid or right-click the user in the grid and choose Delete from the right-click menu.