Starting FACSys Administrator

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All FACSys users with administrative rights can access the FACSys Administrator program. Note that there may be one or more Administrator users, all managing the same FACSys objects remotely.

After installing the FACSys Administrator software successfully on your workstation, a FACSys folder is created and the "FACSys Administrator" item is added to your Windows Start|Programs menu.

To open the FACSys Administrator program, select the FACSys Administrator command from your Windows taskbar Start|Programs menu.

NOTE:

You can access the FACSys server only if you have a FACSys user account with FACSys administrative rights.

Logon Authentication  
When you start the FACSys Administrator program, FACSys attempts to authenticate your logon using the alias name and password you used to logon to Windows.  
In the example above you have logged onto Windows as a user that does not have FACSys administrative privileges. Enter the password defined in the FACSys "administrator" user account.
Default Login = Admin; Default Password = password
If the fax server cannot authenticate your logon, it will do one of the following depending on the setting of the fax server's authentication option "Only allow authenticated users to access this server:"  

· If the authenticate option is not selected, FACSys will display the Enter Password window and give you an opportunity to enter the password of your administrative FACSys account.

· If the authenticate option is selected, FACSys will not display any further prompts and not allow you to open the FACSys Administrator program.

The server's authentication option is located on the Logon tab of the fax server Properties window. For more information about Fax Server Logon Options, click here.  

Defining Fax Server Logon Security

When a user requests access to the fax server, FACSys attempts to authenticate the user's logon using the alias name and password used to logon to Windows.  
To restrict access to the fax server to only those users that can be authenticated by their Windows logon information, enable the authentication option on the server Properties Logon tab.  

· If you select this option, users will not be given an opportunity to enter another password if FACSys cannot authenticate their logon. If authentication does not occur, the user will not be granted access to the fax server.

· If you do not select this option and FACSys cannot authenticate a user's logon, FACSys will display the Enter Password window, giving the user an opportunity to enter the password of their administrative FACSys account.

Note:

If you enable this authentication option, FACSys will only allow authenticated users to access the fax server, regardless of the authentication options defined in the users' FACSys Desktop program.