User manual

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 Device
Assignment,
page 54 for
details).
 Enabling Device Management allows a user to view the
settings and devices on the Device Management tab (see
Device Management, page 58).
 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 (see
Logs, page 62 for details)
 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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