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Creating User Accounts

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To manually create user accounts, complete the following steps:

2.In the System Management page, select the User Accounts tab. The available users are displayed in the Existing User List.

3.Click Add at the upper-left corner. The following dialog opens.

4.Fill in the basic user information. The fields marked with asterisks are mandatory.

▪Email — enter a valid email address, case-insensitive.

▪Username — enter a unique name in the system, case-insensitive. The username cannot be modified once it is created.

▪Password — enter a password for the username. The allowed length of characters must be between 6 and 128. See Configuring Password Policy for more information.

▪Authentication Type — keep the default option NetBrain for manually added user accounts.

5.Assign user rights, including access and roles.

▪System Admin — click to assign the system administrator role to the user.

Tip: System administrator has the privileges of system management and user management.

oSystem Management — select the check box to assign the corresponding privileges of system management to the user. See Featured Management Privileges for more details.

oUser Management — select the check box to assign the corresponding privileges of user management to the user. See Featured Management Privileges for more details.

▪Tenant Access — select one or more tenants to assign the access to the user.

▪Tenant Admin — select one or more tenants to assign the tenant administrator role to the user.

6.Configure advanced settings if required.

▪Expired after — select the check box and specify a time point after which the user account will expire.

Tip: When the validity time is reached, the user cannot log into the system anymore and the status displays as Expired. If the field is not configured via external authentication, the status displays as Unavailable.

▪Allowed to change individual password — select the check box to enable the user to reset or change his or her password.

7.Click Submit. The user will be added to the Existing User List.
A successful notification email will be sent to the mailbox of the newly created user if the email server is configured.

Tip: By default, the newly created user has the privileges to create domains. To disable this authorization for a specific user, see Authorizing Users to Create Domains for more details.

Changing Password for an Existing User

To change the password for a user whose account was manually created in the system when he or she forgets the password:

1.Point to the user entry from the Existing User List, and click Change Password in the Password column.

2.Enter the new password twice, and then click Save.

Tip: To enable the change password function for system user accounts which were imported from third-party authentication servers, you can manually change its authentication type from External to NetBrain.