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Used to define in UMS where the Pictures are stored.
Used in UMS to define default password synchronization policy.


From Configurator, Settings > Picture Libraries
==Settings==
From Configurator, Modules > Password -> Global Settings[[File:PasswordGlobalSettings.jpg|none|thumb|698x698px]]


Normally you will need to create a setting for students and for staff/employees. Shown below.
=== Synchronize password ===
This enables global password synchronization to or from a system


All pictures in UMS will be saved with their username when sending them to other systems or UMS Web or UMS Guardian.
=== Get password ===
[[File:Picture libraries settings.png|alt=|none|thumb|556x556px]]
Get the passwords from the system. Only works for "'''Active Directory'''" and "'''UNI-C'''"


== Employee/Student ==
=== Set password ===
[[File:Picture libraries setting Employee.png|none|thumb|558x558px]]'''Description'''
Set the password in the specific system


Name of the setting.
=== include non UMS users ===
Try to include users that are not known by UMS. This is a feature that is mostly used when sending passwords between UMS installations.


'''Library type'''
===Delete passwords after synchronization===
Delete passwords from UMS database after they have successfully been sent to the target system.


This can be either employee or student.
==FAQ==


'''Students table field to use'''
===What if password does not meet target system requirements===
The password will only be tried once and UMS will not try again.


Choose a field from the students table that contains the value used to find the Pictures in the paths below
This will also mean the password will be deleted from UMS if that option is checked.


'''Username'''
===What if passwords are not sent to target system successfully===
They will be deleted after 48 hours of retrying.


Used to access the paths if the user runnning the exe does not have access.
Passwords older than 48 hours will not be synchronized anywhere.
 
'''Password'''
 
Password for the user
 
'''Domain'''
 
Domain for the user
 
'''Select Path'''
 
Add paths to scan for pictures
 
== FAQ ==
 
'''Manual clean up procedure required'''
 
UMS does not remove pictures from your picture library when students are removed from AD.
 
It is recomended that you once a year delete all pictures from UMS Web under C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Pictures
 
Next time the service CopyPictures2Web runs, the pictures library will be synchronized with active students.

Latest revision as of 09:37, 2 January 2019

Used in UMS to define default password synchronization policy.

Settings

From Configurator, Modules > Password -> Global Settings

Synchronize password

This enables global password synchronization to or from a system

Get password

Get the passwords from the system. Only works for "Active Directory" and "UNI-C"

Set password

Set the password in the specific system

include non UMS users

Try to include users that are not known by UMS. This is a feature that is mostly used when sending passwords between UMS installations.

Delete passwords after synchronization

Delete passwords from UMS database after they have successfully been sent to the target system.

FAQ

What if password does not meet target system requirements

The password will only be tried once and UMS will not try again.

This will also mean the password will be deleted from UMS if that option is checked.

What if passwords are not sent to target system successfully

They will be deleted after 48 hours of retrying.

Passwords older than 48 hours will not be synchronized anywhere.