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Chapter 4: Using the Web Manager 45
To add new users:
1. Click Appliance Settings - Users - Local Accounts - User Names. The User Names screen is
displayed with a list of all users.
2. Click Add. The Local User Information screen is displayed.
3. Enter the new username.
4. Enter a password, then confirm the password.
5. Select or deselect User must change password at the next login checkbox.
6. If you wish to add the user to an available user group, select the user group name in the box on
the left and click Add (user is the default group). You can remove a user group from the box at
right by selecting it and clicking Remove.
7. Enter the desired parameters for Password Expiration.
• Min Days: Enter the minimum number of days allowed between password changes.
Password changes attempted sooner will be rejected. If not specified, -1 is the default
which disables the restriction.
• Max Days: Enter the maximum number of days a password is valid. After this period, the
password change will be forced. If not specified, -1 is the default which disables the
restriction.
• Warning Days: Enter the number of days that a warning is issued to the user prior to
expiration. Entering
0 will cause the warning to be issued on the expiration day. A
negative value or no value means that no warning will be issued.
8. Enter the desired Account Expiration date (YYYY-MM-DD).
9. Click Save.
To configure password rules:
1. Click Appliance Settings - Users - Local Accounts - Password Rules. The Password Rules
screen is displayed.
2. If password enforcement is desired (recommended), make sure that Check Password
Complexity is selected.
3. If Password Enforcement is enabled, enter the desired values for password complexity.
4. Enter the desired values for Default Expiration.
5. Click Save.
User groups
User groups are given access and authorizations either by default or as assigned by an
administrator. Administrators can alter the permissions and access rights of users belonging to the
appliance-admin or user groups or create additional groups with custom permissions and access
rights. Administrators can add, delete or modify permissions and access rights for users from any
group at any time.