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iRedMail Easy: Create AD account for iRedMail
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Summary
With iRedMail (ad backend), we need two accounts, admin account with all privileges, low-privileged account with read-only privilege. In this tutorial, we will show you how to create account in AD, with strong and complex password.
- low-privileged account
vmail
. - admin account
vmailadmin
.
This tutorial has been tested on:
- Windows Server 2012
If it works for you on different Windows Server version, please let us know.
Create low-privileged account.
- Click
Start
on bottom-left corner of your Windows OS, clickServer Manager
.
- Click
Tools
on top-right corner, clickActive Directory Domains and Trusts
.
- Right click your AD domain, here is
iredmail.org
, then clickManage
.
- At the new windows, right click
Users
-->New
-->User
.
- Input
vmail
account info, clickNext
.
- Input
vmail
account passowrd, and selectPassword never expires
, clickNext
.
- Click
Finish
to confirm.
- Now account
vmail
has created, we will set read-only permission forvmail
, right click your AD domian here isiredmail.org
, and selectDelegate Control...
.
- Click
Next
.
- Click
Add
.
- Input read-only account
vmail
, and clickOk
.
- Click
Next
.
- Select
"Read all user information"
, clickNext
.
- Click
Finish
to confirm.
- Low-privileged account
vmail
created.
Create admin account.
- Click
Start
on bottom-left corner of your Windows OS, clickServer Manager
.
- Click
Tools
on top-right corner, clickActive Directory Domains and Trusts
.
- Right click your AD domain, here is
iredmail.org
, then clickManage
.
- At the new windows, right click
Users
-->New
-->User
.
- Input
vmailadmin
account info, clickNext
.
- Input
vmailadmin
account passowrd, and selectPassword never expires
, clickNext
.
- Click
Finish
to confirm.
- Now account
vmailadmin
has created, we will set read-only permission forvmail
, right click your AD domian here isiredmail.org
, and selectDelegate Control...
.
- Click
Next
.
- Click
Add
.
- Input admin account
vmailadmin
, and clickOk
.
- Click
Next
.
- Select
"Create,delete, and manage user accounts"
,"Reset user passowords and force password change at next logon"
,"Read all user information"
, clickNext
.
- Click
Finish
to confirm.
- Low-privileged account
vmailadmin
created.