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42 Administrator’s Guide SurfControl Web Filter v5.5
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Rename User
This option allows you to rename a user in the Web Filter database. In the dialog box that displays, enter a
name in the New name text box. The original information about the user is also listed.
Get Friendly Name
Displays the network name of the user, as entered by the System Administrator.
Get User Name
Shows the domain name of the user. For example: domain1\user1.
Change Groups
Web Filter creates a default group of Everybody when you install it. All users detected by Web Filter are
automatically assigned to this group. You can create groups to more accurately reflect the departments in
your organization (sales, accounts, administration, etc.), and assign users to them. This can help when
running reports in SurfControl Report Central and setting up rules.
To set up groups and assign users to them:
1 Select one or more users in the Summary User Information pane.
2 Click Change Groups.
3 Check that the group has not been created in the Available Groups pane from the SurfControl
Groups tab.
4 Click New.
5 Enter the name for your new group and click Enter.
6 Click Add. Your new group will be shown in the Group Membership pane. Your selected users are
now added to this group.
7 Click OK to close the Change Groups dialog box.
Delete User(s)
Perform this task if you want to remove specific users from the Users tab in Web Filter Manager. This is
advantageous if workstation names have been recorded rather than user names. After completing this
task, the user(s) will not be shown in the Web Filter Manager, but they will still exist in the database until
the next database purge.
Note: If a duplicate name is detected during a database update, a modified name insertion will
be attempted in the following format: “Friendly Name (domain\some.user)”. If this fails a second
time, the name is not added.
Note: Network Groups are updated during the update of the Web Filter database or by a
scheduled event. See "Available Events" on page 142. For more details on network group
updates please see Knowledge Base
article 1467. You cannot change the Network group for a
user from the Network Groups tab.