User`s guide

Chapter 7 User
NWA5120 Series User’s Guide
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
7.3 Setting
This screen controls default settings, login settings, lockout settings, and other user settings for the
NWA.
Table 31 Configuration > User > User > Add/Edit A User
LABEL DESCRIPTION
User Name Type the user name for this user account. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters,
underscores(
_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This value is
case-sensitive. User names have to be different than user group names, and some
words are reserved.
User Type Select what type of user this is. Choices are:
• admin - this user can look at and change the configuration of the NWA
• limited-admin - this user can look at the configuration of the NWA but not to
change it
• user - this is used for embedded RADIUS server and SNMPv3 user access
Password This field is not available if you select the ext-user or ext-group-user type.
Enter the password of this user account. It can consist of 4 - 31 alphanumeric
characters.
Retype Re-enter the password to make sure you have entered it correctly.
Description Enter the description of each user, if any. You can use up to 60 printable ASCII
characters. Default descriptions are provided.
Authentication
Timeout Settings
This field is not available if the user type is user.
If you want to set authentication timeout to a value other than the default settings,
select Use Manual Settings then fill your preferred values in the fields that follow.
Lease Time This field is not available if the user type is user.
Enter the number of minutes this user has to renew the current session before the user
is logged out. You can specify 1 to 1440 minutes. You can enter 0 to make the number
of minutes unlimited. Admin users renew the session every time the main screen
refreshes in the Web Configurator.
Reauthentication
Time
This field is not available if the user type is user.
Type the number of minutes this user can be logged into the NWA in one session before
the user has to log in again. You can specify 1 to 1440 minutes. You can enter 0 to make
the number of minutes unlimited. Unlike Lease Time, the user has no opportunity to
renew the session without logging out.
OK Click OK to save your changes back to the NWA.
Cancel Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving your changes.