Configuring Windows NT Authentication Options

You cannot change the authentication method after you have created a Site; however, if you need to change the authentication options, you can do so from the Site Options tab.

To edit the authentication options for a Site

  1. In EFT Administrator, connect to EFT Server and click the Server tab.

  2. In the left pane, click the Site that you want to edit.

  3. In the right pane, click the Site Options tab, then click Configure. The Windows NT Authentication Options dialog box appears.

  4. To specify that the user list is to be updated automatically, select the Enable Automatic Refresh every check box, then specify how often you want EFT Server to check the authentication database for new users.

  5. When you create the site, you specify either Active Directory or NTLM Authentication. If you need to change this, click the appropriate option to match the authentication method used on EFT Server's domain.

  6. In the Domain Context area, do one of the following:

  7. In the Allow access to the following group area, do one of the following:

  8. In the Use this user attribute as the logon name box, click the down arrow to specify the attribute to use (NT 4 Account Name, Display Name, User Principal Name, Common Name).

  9. To verify your settings, click Test.

  10. Click OK to save the settings.