Creating a user account

Before you begin

To view user accounts, you need the monitor, administrator, or security role. To create and manage user accounts, you need the security role.

Procedure

  1. On the Users page in the System Management Console, click Create User Account.

  2. In the Create User Account pane:

    1. (Optional) To initially disable the user account, clear Enable account.

    2. In the Username field, type a unique login name.

      User names:
      • Can be from one through 64 characters long and can contain any valid UTF-8 characters but cannot start with an opening square bracket ([). White space is allowed.
      • Are not case sensitive.
      • Cannot be names that are currently in use.
      TipConsider using email addresses as user names. This gives you easy access to email addresses should you need to contact users.
    3. In the Full Name field, type the name of the person for whom you are creating the account.

      This name can be up to 64 characters long and can contain any valid UTF-8 characters, including white space.
    4. For Authentication, select either Local for local authentication or RADIUS for remote authentication.

      • If you select Local, the pane displays the Password and Confirm Password fields and the Force change on next login option.
      • If you select RADIUS, these fields are hidden.
    5. If you select local authentication:

      1. Fill in the Password and Confirm password fields.

        Passwords can be up to 64 characters long, are case sensitive, and can contain any valid UTF-8 characters including white space. To be valid, a password must include at least one character from two of these three groups: alphabetic, numeric, and other.

      2. (Optional) Select Force change on next login.

        When this option is selected, the next time a user logs into the System Management Console or Search Console, the Console automatically displays the Change Password page. The user cannot perform any other Console functions until they change their password. After the user changes their password, this option is cleared.

    6. In the Roles section, select any roles for the user account.

    7. (Optional) Specify a description for the user account.

      1. Click Description.
      2. In the Description field, describe the user account.

        This text can be up to 1,024 characters long and can contain any valid UTF-8 characters, including white space.

  3. Click Create User Account.