Avocent DSView, Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 5: Managing User Accounts
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To display the User Accounts window:
1. From the DSView Explorer, click the Users tab. Accounts is automatically selected in the top
navigation bar, User Accounts - All is automatically selected in the side navigation bar and the
User Accounts - All window will open including all users in your DSView software system.
By default, the User Accounts - All window includes a Preemption Level column. When the
window contains this column or a Group Preemption Level column, values are not displayed
for external users (users validated with external authentication services). You may display an
external user’s effective and group preemption level by selecting the user’s name from the side
navigation bar and then selecting
Preemption Levels .
2. Click one of the links below User Accounts in the side navigation bar to display the User
Accounts window you wish to view.
Customizing the User Accounts window
By default, the User Name field is always displayed in the User Accounts window. One of the icons
in Table 5.1 will appear to the left of the usernames and represent the status of each DSView
software user.
The following fields display in the User Accounts window and may be removed by clicking the
Customize link:
• Full Name - Displays another name for a user-defined in the user’s properties. For example, a
user may have a username of Sunrise1 and a full name defined as Mary Jones. See
Changing
usernames on page 144 for more information.
Table 5.1: User Status Icons
Icon
Assigned
Authentication Method
Description
Internal
Disabled - The user cannot log in to the DSView software. See
Specifying user account restrictions on page 145 for
more information.
All Enabled - The user can log in and use the DSView software.
Internal
Locked - The user account has been locked and the user cannot log
in to the DSView software because the maximum number of log in
failures has been exceeded. See
Managing Authentication Services
on page 53 and Unlocking User Accounts on page 143 for
more information.
All external services
Suspicious - The user account exists for the user, but the external
authentication server no longer contains the account.