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Lock user

  • The user quits the organization

  • The user account shall not be used anymore for technical reasons

This article describes how an operator locks a user in Smart ID Identity Manager. Read more here: Smart ID Workforce use cases.

The user state and the related credentials are set to locked. All roles will be withdrawn.

Prerequisites
  • Add reasons for locking the user, read more here: Create reason

Step-by-step instruction for the operator

Log in to Identity Manager Operator
  1. Log in to Identity Manager Operator with your user account.


Lock user
  1. In the Quick search drop-down list, select User. Search for the user that shall be locked. User data is shown in read-only mode.

    To cancel the process, see "Cancel the process" below.


  2. Click Lock user.

  3. In the Reason drop-down list, select the reason for locking.

    The user's active and inactive related credentials gets locked and the certificates that are valid or on hold gets revoked. See "Use case details" below. 


  4. Click Next to lock the user. The user will not be notified by email after being locked.

    Depending on the configuration, there can be options added to the use case, see "Options" below.



Cancel the process

To cancel the process:

  • Click Cancel to close the process.

  • Click Next to proceed with the process.

Use case details

Overview and technical details


Use case description

As an operator I want to lock a user in Identity Manager

Outcome

  • End state for user = "locked"

  • End state for related credentials = "locked"

  • End state for related certificates = "revoked"

  • Keep the relation to the user

Related credentials

End state credentials

End state certificates

Card and related certificates

locked

revoked

Temporary card

locked

revoked

Virtual smartcard and related certificates

locked

revoked

Mobile ID and related certificates

locked

revoked

Soft token and related certificates

locked

revoked


Symbolic name

UsersProcLock

Process name

Lock user

Component

Identity Manager Operator

Process start

On the user profile>Lock user


Options

About the options

The options are configured by the administrator via a script in Identity Manager Admin and can be used by the operator and self-service user.

The script already exists with default values, so you only need to change the values as needed, not create the script.



Add an approval step

Option: Add an approval step


Additional information

Useful links