User guide

• The user groups in which the user will be included. Each user group contains specific
access rights that allow a user to perform specific actions. See User Groups and User Roles
on page 275.
• The preemption level for interrupting or disconnecting serial or KVM sessions. See
Preemption Levels on page 45.
You must have DSView software administrator or user administrator rights to add a user.
To add a user account:
1. Click the Users tab.
2. Click Add. The Add User Account Wizard will appear.
3. The Select Authentication Service window will open. This window lists the DSView
software internal service and all the external authentication services that have been added,
which may be used to authenticate users when they log in. See Authentication Services on
page 87.
Select an authentication service and then click Next.
• If you selected DSView Internal, go to step 4.
• If you selected any other authentication service, go to step 5.
4. The Type in User Credentials window will open.
a. Type a username, password and confirm the password of the user you are adding.
Usernames may contain up to 256 non-case sensitive characters (if a RADIUS
external authentication service will be used, the limit is 253 characters).
Usernames are case-preserving. For example, if an account named JDoe is
created, it will be saved as JDoe in the DSView server, but a user may log in
as JDoe, jdoe, JDOe and so on.
Passwords may contain 3-64 characters. Passwords will never expire unless
User must change password at next login is selected in the Unit Password
window, or Passwords Expire information is specified in the Authentication
Service User Account Policies window. A DSView software administrator
may specify a different minimum character length and change expiration
criteria. See Authentication Services on page 87.
b. To enable users to set their own passwords when they log in to the DSView software,
click User must change password at next login.
c. To designate the account as a service account, select the Service Account checkbox. A
service account cannot be used to log in to the DSView software. A service account
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