Chapter 7. User Management
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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 50, or you can assign
the user’s device access rights by selecting the
Devices
tab – the Devices
page is discussed on page 54, or you can assign VSR configuration rights
by selecting the
System
tab – the System page is discussed on page 56.
5. When your selections have been made click
Save
.
6. When the Operation Succeeded message appears, click
OK
.
Permissions
Note:
For ordinary
users, in addition to
enabling Device
Management, the
user must also be
given those rights
for each device that
he will be
allowed to manage.
(See
Enabling
Device Management
allows a user to view the
settings and devices on the Device Management tab (see
Enabling
User Management
allows a user to create, modify,
and delete user and group accounts.
Enabling
Log
allows a user to access the system log
Enabling
System Management
allows a user to access and
configure settings in the System Management tab.
Enabling
Keyboard/Mouse View
allows the user to use the
Control Panel feature from within the Video Log Viewer,
which allows you to view the detailed log of keyboard and
mouse operations (mouse clicks, key-strokes), see page 41
for details.
Status
Status allows you to control the user’s account and access to
the installation, as follows:
Disable Account
lets you suspend a user’s account without
actually deleting it, so that it can be easily reinstated in the
future.
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.
To make a password permanent, so that the user cannot
change it to something else, select
User cannot change
password
.
For security purposes, administrators may want users to
change their passwords from time to time.
If not, select
Password never expires
. This allows users
to keep their current passwords for as long as they like.
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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