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Chapter 18 User Account
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18.3.1 Add/Edit a Users Account
Use this screen to add or edit a users account. Click Add in the User Account screen or the select an
existing user account and click Edit . The screen shown next appears.
Figure 165 Users Configuration: Add/Edit
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Lock Period This field indicates the number of minutes for the lockout period. A user cannot log into the
SBG during the lockout period, even if he/she enters correct account information.
An account will be locked if the account password is entered incorrectly too many times.
You can specify how many times a password can be re-entered in the
Retry Times field.
Group This field displays the login account type of the user.
Different login account types have different privilege levels. The web configurator screens
and privileges vary depending on which account type you use to log in.
Table 107 Maintenance > User Account (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 108 Users Configuration: Add/Edit
LABEL DESCRIPTION
User Name This field is read-only if you are editing the user account.
Enter a descriptive name for the user account. The user name can be up to 15
alphanumeric characters (0-9, A-Z, a-z, -, _ with no spaces). With advanced account
security enabled, the user names must be a minimum length of six characters and include
both letters and numbers.
Group This field is read-only if you are editing the user account.
Select a type of login account. The web configurator screens and privileges vary
depending on which account type you use to log in.
Administrator accounts can configure
the SBG while User accounts can only view some status information.
Users logged in with either type of account can access the Internet.
Password Specify the password associated to this account. The password can be 6 to 15
alphanumeric characters (0-9, A-Z, a-z, -, _ with no spaces), not containing the user name. It
must contain both letters and numbers.
The characters are displayed as asterisks (*) in this field.
Verify Password Enter the exact same password that you just entered in the above field.