Some questions regarding ARM - getting started

Swede 7 months ago

Hi there.

I just wanted to ask a few questions about things I would like to set up in ARM but I cannot find anything in this forum about or on the web.

Just got my trial license last week and want to buy ARM asap to free up resources.

is it possible to remove the need for logging in with "domain\username" or "username@domain" when you only have one domain?

We are a small organization with mostly IT-dummies, so just using the "username" would help us a lot.

I have noticed when a user requests new permissions in ARM, then it seems that the permissions are set twice. One time in a group and one time on the item directly.

Apparently the one permission is deleted a few days later. What is the purpose of this? Does it need to be like this, or can it be set to a single permission straight away?

When I request a permission as a user through the website, ARM creates a group. (I believe this has to do with the group wizard doing its magic)

When I set a permission inside ARM client as an admin, it gives the permission directly to the folder, apparently ignoring the group wizard.

Will ARM at some point automatically consolidate the permissions or will they stay separated like that?

Any ideas around this?

Grateful for any thoughts. Thanks in advance.

-Chris

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Parthchandarana07 7 months ago +1

Hi Chris, Regarding 1) ARM always do domain authentication while login to any of the clients. The ARM clients will pickup the windows account automatically and allow you to directly login with that account…

0 jwolff 7 months ago

Regarding 2)
This will be due to the “Comfort Feature”.
See here under “Use the convenience feature”:
documentation.solarwinds.com/.../basic-settings.htm

Regarding 3)
That is strange. In my understanding, the group behavior should be the same, regardless of whether the permissions are assigned directly or via a user order.
Is the group wizard activated under “Change configuration -> Fileserver”?
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0 Parthchandarana07 7 months ago

Hi Chris,

Regarding 1)

ARM always do domain authentication while login to any of the clients. The ARM clients will pickup the windows account automatically and allow you to directly login with that account.

For web client where you make request you can configure SSO. https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Prerequisites-for-single-sign-on-configuration-in-ARM

Hope this helps !
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0 Swede 7 months ago in reply to jwolff

Hi jwolff,

thanks for your suggestions. I just checked the "comfort feature" setting, and it is turned off. I recall I played around with it during configuration, but regardless if it was checked or unchecked I didn't notice any difference, so I left it unchecked.

Regarding 3, yes, the group wizard is enabled under "change configuration" - fileserver.

The funny part is, that even if the user already has direct permissions, and ARM notices there is no group, it just adds the user again in a group and then the user has double access. It then tells me in the resources view that there is a redundant permission. funny in a way.
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0 Swede 7 months ago in reply to Parthchandarana07
Thanks Parthchandarana07 . On the website you showed was the missing piece:

https://<ARMServerFQDN>/auth/Windows

Now I can use the regular Windows login instead of the \ or the @
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