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Auto-Alias features—Use the same email address

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Auto-Alias features—Use the same email address

Many FTC end-users with the same email address have different usernames in different applications and different domains. For the same token, a single FTC user may have different usernames in different FTC auth clients. FTC allows for different usernames to be attributed to the same user (i.e., same person) so that only one token (FTM or FTK) needs to be assigned to that same user. It does this using its auto-alias by email option.

Auto-alias by email is disabled by default, but you can enable it using the following procedures:

  1. On the side menu, click Settings>Realm to open the settings page of the current realm.

  2. Scroll down until you see the Auto-alias by Email option near the bottom of the page.

  3. Click the Auto-alias by Email button to enable it.

Once the Auto-alias by Email feature is enabled, all newly created usernames with the same email address are automatically set as an alias under the same username. The existing usernames with the same email address will not be grouped into an alias, but you can manually set up alias users. See Users.

It is important to note that aliased users must be in the same realm. Usernames with the same email address are still set as unique users if they are in different realms, even when the auto-alias feature is enabled.

FTC also allows you to set up user aliases manually. In this way, the users are not required to have the same email. To enable this feature, just follow the steps below:

  1. On the side menu, click Users to navigate to the Users page.

  2. Select any number of users in the same realm by clicking the checkbox in the first column.

  3. Click the Add User Alias button in the top bar which should be enabled if the users are in the same realm.

  4. Select the base username which will be displayed in the Users page, and click Next>Confirm.

Once the User Alias is formed, the base user’s username changes to boldfaced and the Auth Client Count will be increased based on how many users are selected in the previous step.

To remove the User Aliases that have different email addresses, just follow the steps below:

  1. Find any user alias you want to remove, and click the number in the Auth Client Count column.

  2. Select any users you want to remove from the user alias group by clicking the checkbox.

  3. Click the Remove Alias button.

To remove the User Aliases that have the same email address, be sure to disable the Auto-Alias feature first in the Realm setting page. Once the auto-alias feature is disabled, the steps are the same as before.

Auto-Alias features—Use the same email address

Many FTC end-users with the same email address have different usernames in different applications and different domains. For the same token, a single FTC user may have different usernames in different FTC auth clients. FTC allows for different usernames to be attributed to the same user (i.e., same person) so that only one token (FTM or FTK) needs to be assigned to that same user. It does this using its auto-alias by email option.

Auto-alias by email is disabled by default, but you can enable it using the following procedures:

  1. On the side menu, click Settings>Realm to open the settings page of the current realm.

  2. Scroll down until you see the Auto-alias by Email option near the bottom of the page.

  3. Click the Auto-alias by Email button to enable it.

Once the Auto-alias by Email feature is enabled, all newly created usernames with the same email address are automatically set as an alias under the same username. The existing usernames with the same email address will not be grouped into an alias, but you can manually set up alias users. See Users.

It is important to note that aliased users must be in the same realm. Usernames with the same email address are still set as unique users if they are in different realms, even when the auto-alias feature is enabled.

FTC also allows you to set up user aliases manually. In this way, the users are not required to have the same email. To enable this feature, just follow the steps below:

  1. On the side menu, click Users to navigate to the Users page.

  2. Select any number of users in the same realm by clicking the checkbox in the first column.

  3. Click the Add User Alias button in the top bar which should be enabled if the users are in the same realm.

  4. Select the base username which will be displayed in the Users page, and click Next>Confirm.

Once the User Alias is formed, the base user’s username changes to boldfaced and the Auth Client Count will be increased based on how many users are selected in the previous step.

To remove the User Aliases that have different email addresses, just follow the steps below:

  1. Find any user alias you want to remove, and click the number in the Auth Client Count column.

  2. Select any users you want to remove from the user alias group by clicking the checkbox.

  3. Click the Remove Alias button.

To remove the User Aliases that have the same email address, be sure to disable the Auto-Alias feature first in the Realm setting page. Once the auto-alias feature is disabled, the steps are the same as before.