People Settings
The People Settings - General menu allows administrators the ability to configure global profile features to suit the organization's specific security policies and standards.
To access this menu, click Settings in the People module and click People Settings.
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Choose the settings in the pop-out menu that meet your company's requirements.
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Field Name | Description |
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Invalid Challenge Set Message | This message appears to users when they have an invalid challenge set. It is recommended to include contact information for your help desk in this message. The most common use of this message is when users are trying to use the Forgot My Password application but do not have a valid set of challenge questions for the application to use. |
Enable Challenge Questions | Enables the API for setting challenge questions. |
Enable Forgotten Password Retrieval | Enables the API for retrieving passwords by answering challenge questions. |
Enable Forgotten Password CAPTCHA | Enables the CAPTCHA system for forgotten password retrieval. A Note About CAPTCHAs |
Enable Forgotten Username Retrieval | Enables the API for retrieving usernames by providing the associated email address. |
Enable Forgotten Username CAPTCHA | Enables the CAPTCHA system for forgotten username retrieval. A Note About CAPTCHAs |
Enable Claim Account CAPTCHA | Enables the CAPTCHA system for the claim account process. A Note About CAPTCHAs Selecting any of the CAPTCHA options requires administrators to enter a Site and Secret Key, as described in the Google Apps reCAPTCHA API. |
Enable Wildcard (*) Searches | Enables the use of searches with a wildcard “*”. These searches may cause extreme load on the RapidIdentity Portal server and the LDAP server. Wildcard searches should only be used in environments with small user bases and with appropriate LDAP indexes. |
Show 'Show All' Checkbox In Delegations | Enables a 'Show All' checkbox in each delegation. This option should only be used when delegations only contain upwards of a few thousand users. Extremely large delegations can cause extreme load on the RapidIdentity Portal or LDAP server. |
Access Control | Determine the level of Access Control to be assigned to the profile. More information on RBAC and ABAC is available in the Configuration Module Interface Overview. |
A Note About CAPTCHAs
RapidIdentity deploys the Google reCAPTCHA CAPTCHA API, and supports v2 of reCAPTCHA. (RapidIdentity also supports v1 of reCAPTCHA, but that has been deprecated by Google.) If any of the CAPTCHA checkboxes are selected, additional fields appear at the bottom of the People Settings right sidebar. Populate these fields to enable this feature.
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Field | Description |
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CAPTCHA Provider | Select reCAPTCHA v2 or reCAPTCHA v1. NoteGoogle has deprecated reCAPTCHA v1; this setting is not recommended. |
reCAPTCHA Secret | Enter the reCAPTCHA secret provided by Google. |
reCAPTCHA Site Key | Enter the reCAPTCHA site key provided by Google. |