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LexiGuard maintains two types of users; internal users
and external users. Internal users have two keypairs, one for encryption
and one for signing. External users have a public key to permit
them to be recipients of encryption.
To access the Internal Users pane:
1. Click the Add User... button.Note: All fields must be completed.
The Add User panel displays2. Type the user's First Name, Last Name, Login Name, Password, and Email address.
1. Select a user by login name from the scrolling list.2. Click Export User...
A dialog box appears that prompts for the password for that user.
Enter the password—a File Chooser window is displayed.
3. Browse to the desired target directory and specify a file name for the exported certificate file. A file of extension .cer or .p12 can be generated.
Note that there is an enormous difference between these two types of files.
A .cer file contains only the public key certificate. On the other hand, a .p12 file contains both the private key (protected by the password) and the public key certificate.
To access the External Users pane:
1. Click Users... on the Tools pulldown menu
2. Select the External Users tab
Click the Import User... button on the External Users pane. A File Chooser panel appears.
Browse to the desired directory to select a file which contains the desired user certificate. Files of extension .cer or .p12 can be imported. The Certificate File filter can be selected to display only the files with those extensions.
When you select a file and click Open, a popup dialog box prompts you for the password for this certificate file. Another popup dialog box prompts you for a user name for the new external user.