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Local User Accounts

Local user accounts are accounts that always authenticate against Xpress Insight irrespective of whether LDAP is enabled or not. This allows LDAP to be configured whilst still allowing access into Xpress Insight.
Whether a user account is local or not is controlled via the Local account checkbox against the user details. See http://www.fico.com/fico-xpress-optimization/docs/latest/insight/javascript_api/index.html.
Note Changing this value against the user can only be performed if the LDAP configuration Local accounts enabled checkbox is checked.

When LDAP is enabled, clearing the LDAP configuration Local accounts enabled checkbox will prevent any user account from logging in to Xpress Insight.

The situation can arise where local accounts are disabled, users are unable to log in against LDAP, and LDAP integration needs to be reconfigured. For example when the LDAP system password changes. In this situation local account authentication can be enabled via a configuration file, overriding the Local accounts enabled setting in the UI:

  1. Stop the Xpress Insight server.
  2. Edit the following file in a text editor: <XPRESSDIR>\insight\server\wildfly-9.0.1.Final\standalone\configuration\standalone.xml
  3. Find the line declaring the property allowLocalAccountAuthentication and set its value to true. <system-properties> <property name="allowLocalAccountAuthentication" value="true"/>
  4. Save and close the file.
  5. Start Xpress Insight.
  6. Log in using a local account.
    This would only be used in exceptional circumstances, it is recommended to revert this setting once LDAP connectivity has been restored by setting the property to an empty value: <system-properties> <property name="allowLocalAccountAuthentication" value=""/>
Parent Topic Authenticating Users with Active Directory or LDAP