4: Configuration; User Administration; Changing Passwords; Table 4-1 Comparing Admin And Non-Admin User Privileges - Lantronix xPrintServer Network Edition User Manual

4: Configuration

This chapter describes how to configure your xPrintServer using the xPrintServer user interface.
Admin user: the default and permanent master user login for the xPrintServer. The Admin user
has complete access to the xPrintServer user interface functionality including user, printer and job
management and configuration capabilities as compared to non-Admin users who are able to
change only their own password and have access to only their own print jobs and basic
xPrintServer information.

Table 4-1 Comparing Admin and Non-Admin User Privileges

Non-Admin User Privileges
Access to functionality in the Home
and Jobs tabs in the xPrintServer
user interface.

Change own user password.

View and modify own print jobs
(not the print jobs of other
users).

View basic information about the
xPrintServer system status.

User Administration

The Admin user is able to create new users, delete users, specify user access to particular
printers and update user passwords. The Admin user may also utilize the
necessary to find a particular user. Non-Admin users may only modify the password of their
created account.

Changing Passwords

Directions for changing user passwords are provided in this section. All users may change their
own password and the Admin user has the wider privilege of being able to
passwords. Password changes are effective immediately.
To change your password:
1. Login to the xPrintServer user interface (see
2. Click the Password link on the left side of the Home page. The Change Password page
will appear displaying the User for which the password change is being made.
3. Complete the following fields:

Current Password

New Password

Re-enter new Password
4. Click Change Password.
xPrintServer User Guide
Admin User Privileges
Access to Home, Admin, Jobs, Printers, Users and Logs
tab pages which includes all the functionality available
through the xPrintServer user interface.

Change all user passwords.

View and manage information about all print jobs,
printers and user logins.

Ability to update firmware, reset device to default
settings, add/delete printers and users, manage printer
access, modify time zone, restart the device, view and
send diagnostic information, update the name of the
xPrintServer unit, and monitor logs.
Logging In).
Note: Passwords are case-sensitive and may
include up to 32 characters. All printable characters
maybe used with the exception of single and double
quotation marks such as: ' or ".
Search feature as
change all user
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