System > Administrators; Introduction To Administrators; Administrator Types; Root" Administrator - ZyXEL Communications Vantage CNM User Manual

Use these screens to manage Vantage administrators.
19.1 I
ntroduction to Administrators
An Administrator can only be associated to one management domain. To change an
Administrator's management domain, you must first disassociate him or her from an existing
domain before associating to the new domain.
Once an Administrator account has been created, his or her account name (UID) cannot be
changed, but the password can. New administrators must change their password after first
login and then regularly at three month intervals. Administrators should periodically change
their passwords. The "root" Administrator can enforce periodic Administrator password
changes in the Force Administrator Password Change every 90 Days in the System
Preferences > User Access screen.
You can create (and manage) administrators within your domain. You cannot delete an
Administrator if that Administrator has "child Administrators" (you will see a warning
message). You must first delete the "child Administrators".

19.1.1 Administrator Types

There are four types of administrators, root, super, normal and custom. Only "root" can do
everything including managing the Vantage system. Super and normal are predefined
administrator profiles that come with a default set of permissions. You can alter normal
permissions but not super permissions in the System > Preferences screen. Custom
administrators have no predefined permissions. Permissions allow for efficient division of
labor without the danger of overlap or conflict.
Predefined permissions can only be re-defined by the Administrator who created the
Administrator account. An Administrator's details cannot be changed while logged in, unless
"root" forcibly logs him or her out first.

19.1.1.1 "Root" Administrator

The default system name (and password) when you first log in is "root". This is a default
system Administrator account. "root's" details are viewable by others, but not editable.
1 Only one "root" administrator can exist.
2 Only "root" can change her own personal information except for UID (User
Identification).
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