Administrator Guide

3. In the right pane, click the Local Users and Groups tab.
4. Select a local user and click Edit Settings. The Edit Settings dialog box appears.
5. To add a secondary local group to which the local user is assigned:
a. In the Additional Groups area, click Add. The Select Group dialog box appears.
b. From the Domain drop-down menu, select the domain to which the local group is assigned.
c. In the Group eld, type either the full name of the local group or the beginning of the local group name.
d. (Optional) Congure the remaining local group search options as needed. These options are described in the online help.
To change the maximum number of search results to return, select the maximum number of search results from the Max
Results drop-down menu.
e. Click Search.
f. Select a local group from the search results.
g. Click OK.
6. To remove a secondary local group to which the local user is assigned, select the local group in the Additional Groups area and
click
Remove.
7. Click OK.
Enable or Disable a Local User
Disabling a local user prevents the local user from accessing SMB shares and NFS exports.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab, expand Environment, and select Authentication.
3. In the right pane, click the Local Users and Groups tab.
4. Select a local user and click Edit Settings. The Edit Settings dialog box appears.
5. Enable or disable the local user.
• To enable the local user, select the Enabled check box.
• To disable the local user, clear the Enabled check box.
6. Click OK.
Set the Password Policy for a Local User
When password expiration is enabled, local users are forced to change their passwords after the specied number of days.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab, expand Environment and select Authentication.
3. In the right pane, click the Local Users and Groups tab, select a user in the Local Users area, and then click Edit Password
Policy.
4. The Edit Password Policy dialog box appears.
5. Enable or disable local user password expiration.
• To enable local user and administrator password expiration, clear the Password Never Expires check box.
• To disable local user and administrator password expiration, select the Password Never Expires check box.
6. If password expiration is enabled, in the Time for password expiration (days) eld, type the number of days after which the
password will expire.
7. Click OK.
Change a Local User Password
Change the password for a local user account.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab, expand Environment and select Authentication.
3. Select a local user and click Change Password. The Change Password dialog box appears.
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