User guide

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Managing users
An Administrator can create and delete users. Users can manage their authentication
methods by enrolling or deleting fingers, changing their password, or both. You can also
rescue users who can no longer authenticate to the device.
This chapter contains information about the following topics:
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Types of users
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Creating a user
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Deleting a user
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Managing authentication methods
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Rescuing a user
Types of users
With McAfee Encrypted USB Devices, you can register two types of users on the device:
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Administrator—automatically created by the first user to personalize the device.
The Administrator only manages the device and can access the public partition only
if it is not disabled. If you are the only device user, you must create both the
Administrator account and a user account. If you cannot authenticate to the device
with your user account, you can use the Administrator account to rescue users.
The Administrator can authenticate to the device using only a password. Therefore,
it is very important that you remember the Administrator password or store it in a
safe place. McAfee Encrypted USB—Standalone automatically prompts you to
authenticate as the Administrator to perform tasks that require administrative priv-
ileges, such as adding or removing users, rescuing users, and changing the Admin-
istrator password.
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General users—typical device user who can authenticate to the device and save
data to a private partition. Users can change their passwords and update finger
enrollments.
Creating a user
Creating a user involves creating a user name and providing authentication details,
such as enrolling fingers, typing passwords, or both. You can add a maximum of five
users (including the administrator) to any device. When you add users to devices with
biometric authentication—McAfee Zero Footprint Biometric Encrypted USB and McAfee
Encrypted USB Hard Disk—a maximum of six fingerprint templates can be enrolled
among all users.
The Personalization wizard automatically prompts you to create the first user after you
create the Administrator account. You can create more users as necessary if your
device profile supports multiple users.
To create a user
1 On the main page of Encrypted USB, under User Management, click Create
User.