Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch ES-24-250W Administration Manual page 37

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Field
User Name
Access Level
Lockout Status
Password Override
Password Expiration
The User Accounts page also provides the capability to add, edit, and remove user accounts:
• To add a user, click Add. The Add new user dialog box opens; specify the new account information in the
available fields, and click Submit to create the new account.
• To edit an existing user, select the user's check box or click the row to select the account and click Edit.
The Edit existing user dialog box opens; modify the account information as needed, and click Submit to
apply the changes.
• To remove one or more user accounts, select one or more table entries, click Remove, and click OK to
delete the selected entries.
To retain the changes across the switch's next power cycle, click System > Configuration Storage > Save.
The following table describes the fields in the Add new user and Edit existing user dialog boxes.
Field
User Name
Password
Confirm
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User Accounts
User Accounts Fields
Description
The unique ID or name identifying the user account.
Indicates the access or privilege level for this user. The options are:
• Read Write The user can view and modify the configuration.
• Read Only The user can view the configuration but cannot modify any fields.
• Suspended The user exists but is not permitted to log on to the device.
Displays a user's current lockout status (True or False). A user is locked out of the system after failing to
supply the correct password within the maximum allowed number of logins defined by the Lockout
Attempts field on the Password Rules page. A locked-out user cannot log in again until an administrator
resets the account using the Unlock User Account field (see table "Add New User and Edit Existing
User Dialog Box Fields" on page 36).
Identifies the password override complexity status for this user.
• Enable The system does not check the strength of the password.
• Disable When configuring a password, it is checked against the Strength Check rules configured
for passwords.
Indicates the current expiration date (if any) of the password.
Add New User and Edit Existing User Dialog Box Fields
Description
The unique name for the account. Configurable only from the Add new user dialog box. Valid user
names can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters, plus "-" (hyphen) and '_' (underscore), and are
not case-sensitive.
Enter the optional new or changed password for the account. The password characters are not
displayed on the page, but are disguised in a browser-specific manner. Passwords must be from 8 to
64 characters in length, and are case-sensitive.
Enter the password again, to confirm that you entered it correctly. The password characters are not
displayed on the page, but are disguised in a browser-specific manner.
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