User guide

Chapter 5: Managing User Accounts 153
Adding User Accounts
The following information is configured when a user account is created:
• Whether the user will be authenticated using the DSView internal authentication or an external
authentication server.
• 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.
• The preemption level for interrupting or disconnecting serial or KVM sessions. See
Preemption Levels on page 24 for more information.
NOTE: You must have DSView software administrator or user administrator rights to add a user. See Managing
User Groups on page 163 for more information.
To add a user account:
1. In a User Accounts window, click the Add button. The Add User Account Wizard will appear.
Click Next.
2. The Select Authentication Service window will open.
This window lists all external authentication servers and the DSView Internal server that may
be used to authenticate users when they log in. See Managing Authentication Services on
page 58 for more information.
a. Select an authentication service.
b. Click Next.
If you selected DSView Internal as the authentication service, continue to step 3.
If you selected RADIUS or TACACS+ as the authentication service, continue to step 4.
If you selected any other type of authentication service, continue to step 5.
3. The Type in User Credentials window will open.
a. Type a username, password and confirm the password of the user you are adding. To
enable users to set their own passwords when they log in to the DSView software, click
User must change password at next login.
Usernames may contain up to 64 non-case sensitive characters. Usernames are case-
preserving. For example, if an account named JDoe is created, it will be saved as JDoe in
the DSView software 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 Managing Authentication Services on page 58
for more information.
b. Click Next. Go to step 6.