Rockwell Automation Publication 1766-UM002E-EN-P - June 2019
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User Management
Chapter
5
Create User Accounts
You need Administrator access to create and modify user accounts. You can create
as many as 10 individual accounts. You manage accounts from the Administrative
Settings
→
User Management
→
Edit Users page.
In this field
Do this
User Name
Enter the user name for the account.
20 characters maximum.
Can contain these characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, underscore (_), and dash (-).
Only default user names, such as administrator or guest, can be changed.
When you change a default user name, a confirmation message displays.
Click OK, then proceed to click the corresponding Edit button.
If the default user name change is successful, you are asked to log in again.
Click OK, and then log in to the web server to continue editing.
Group
Select Administrator, Write, or Read access for the user account.
Password
Enter the password for the account.
10 characters maximum
Confirm Password
Re-enter the same password for the account.
IMPORTANT
If you use Internet Explorer, the number of characters allowed for a
user ID or password depends on how many characters “fit in the
box.” Larger characters (such as “W”) take more room and reduce
the total number of allowed characters.
