User Preferences tab still missing for AD authenticated users?

Hallo,

I've never seen those Shortcut options on any of the dozens of UTMs I've touched.  Is there a command line way to un-hide those options?

You didn't say which version of UTM you're on.  I'm on 9.706-9.

FWIW, I just logged into WebAdmin as an AD-authenticated user and got the "User Preferences' tab.  I'm on 9.706-9.

Cheers - Bob

I believe that there are certain elements of WebAdmin that are not accessible when utilizing VPN-type connections for security.  They are accessible when you are accessing them locally, but remotely, you wouldn't want to change something then no longer be able to access it, or open something you didn't mean to open up.

On my UTM 9.707-5 i have this page if I login with local admin.

With AD-Admin i don't see this!

Is the ad-admin account created/inported at the SG-device (for VPN for example) ... or used for webadmin only?

SG need the local created user to store these settings.  

Check the user-list

I think Dirk is right, that this has nothing to do with the type of connection: I am seeing this at a remote site over a site-to-site ipsec-vpn -tunnel (Version 9.707):

I'll say it again - I've never seen those Shortcut options in WebAdmin Settings before - not in 18 years with ASG/UTM.

I have a UTM on 9.707-5 running in Amazon AWS.  My topology is:

     [AD server]<-->[local UTM on 9.706-9]<-- IPsec tunnel -->[UTM in AWS]

From my laptop behind the local UTM, I connected to WebAdmin via the IPsec tunnel to its private AWS IP.  I then logged in to WebAdmin as a user authenticated on the AD server in my local subnet.  I believe that this is exactly the situation you described.  The "User Preferences' tab is there.

I can only suggest getting some backups off your UTM, reloading from ISO and restoring.  Glück damit gehabt?

Cheers - Bob

I'll say it again too - i've seen this often. ;-)
... since Astaro .. i think .

explanation:

if you have 2 AD users ... one (adm-dirk) with local user-copy (Remotely authenticated [User data updated from backend automatically] Autogenerated) and one without SG-local-copy of user account (dirk):

both users are allowed to use the webadmin.
take a look to the result:

user= adm-dirk

user= dirk

However, if you also enable "automatic user creation" for WebAdmin, all Webadmin users have the "User Settings" tab.

.... really ...

But mostly we have local copies of the user only, if the user is a VPN-User too. (Created by import-AD-Group or user-Portal)