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4. At this point you can assign the new user to a group by selecting the
Groups tab – the Groups page is discussed on page 85. You can also assign
the user’s port access rights by selecting the Devices tab – the Devices
page is discussed on page 89.
Note: Optionally, you can skip this step now to add more users and create
groups, and come back to it later.
5. When your selections have been made click Save .
6. When the Operation Succeeded message appears, click OK .
Status Status allows you to control the user’s account and access
to the installation, as follows:
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Disable Account lets you suspend a user’s account
without actually deleting it, so that it can be easily
reinstated in the future.
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If you don’t want to limit the time scope of the account,
select
Account never expires ; if you do want to limit the
amount of time that the account remains in effect, select
Account expires on , and key in the expiration date.
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To require a user to change his password at the next
logon, select
User must change password at next logon .
This can be used by the administrator to give the user a
temporary password to log in for the first time, and then let
the user set the password of his choice for future logins.
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To make a password permanent, so that the user cannot
change it to something else, select
User cannot change
password .
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For security purposes, administrators may want users to
change their passwords from time to time.
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If not, select Password never expires . This allows
users to keep their current passwords for as long as
they like.
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If so, select Password expires after , and key in the
number of days allowed before the password expires.
Once the time is up, a new password must be set.
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