Group Settings dialog box

A group specifies the forms that appear on the device along with the corresponding repository. Additionally, authentication is enabled on a per-group basis.

To add a group, click Add Groups on the toolbar. To edit an existing group, click the group and click the Edit button. To remove a group, click the group, and click the Remove button.

General tab

Option Description
Name Type a name for the group. This name does not appear on the MFP display. It is used for identification purposes.
Temporary Repository Specify the protocol that will be used to connect to temporary repositories:
  • Internal FTP — This option uses internal FTP settings.
  • External FTP — This option uses the external FTP folder that is configured for creating optional temporary repositories in the Local FTP settings on the Preferences tab. See Preferences tab for more information.
Associated MFP Addresses Enter the IP address or host name for each device that you want to add to the group. This list must contain at least one MFP device.
A network name is preferable because an IP address can change if you use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

Authentication tab

Settings on this tab enable and configure authentication for a group.

Option Description
Requires Authentication Select this check box to require that MFP devices in this group authenticate users.
Use Global Authentication Settings If authentication has been enabled on the Authentication tab of the Canon MEAP Web component settings, select this option to apply the component authentication settings to the group. When this check box is selected, the Authentication Settings options are unavailable.
Authentication Settings Select the Authentication Type:
  • None — No authentication method specified.
  • Windows — Prompts the user for their Windows user name, domain, and password. After you select this option, configure the Windows and User Info Lookup options.
  • Netware — Uses Novell Netware authentication. After you select this option, configure the Netware and User Info Lookup options.
  • Custom Script — Administrator defines prompts for authentication for a custom application. After you select this option, configure the Custom Script and options.
Windows Windows authentication authenticates users using their Windows domain user name. In the Domain box, specify the default domain for authenticating users.

Do not use the fully qualified Domain Name Server (DNS) domain name. Do not use top level domain qualifiers such as .com, .net or .org. For example, if the user is listed as mydomain/user1 or user1@mydomain.domain.com, then in a User Principal Name (UPN) format, the domain should be “mydomain” and NOT “mydomain.domain.com”.

If the device is configured to use an Authentication Server with authentication type SMB, then the credentials provided will be used by workflow server. If the authentication type of the device is something other than SMB, then in addition to workflow server login screen, the device authentication screen is also displayed.
Netware Specify the NDS Tree and NDS Context for Novell Netware authentication.
Custom Script Allows you to define prompts that the device shows to the user. An event is sent to the server when a user logs in. You specify the .NET plug-in DLL that responds to the event.
  • Script File Path — Path to the Visual Basic Script (.vbs) file that contains the code to respond to form and field events.
  • Edit Script Code — Click to create or edit a script. A sample custom script is available with this component. For details about the code editor window and the object model, click the Help button in the code editor.
  • Prompts — Click to configure prompts that collect authentication information for users.
User Info Lookup Select Use an LDAP Search to retrieve additional user information to have the server look up the email address and other attributes of the authenticated user on a designated LDAP server. Click Configure to configure the LDAP settings in the LDAP Lookup Settings dialog box.
When Windows authentication is used, the email address is retrieved automatically as part of the authentication and as a result an LDAP search is not required if only the email address is needed.

For information about specifying the LDAP server settings, see LDAP Lookup Settings dialog box.

Use these credentials for device authentication Select to use the credentials for device authentication.