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- Open the Users tab.
- Select the File menu and then Add.
Access Controller - Users tab - Fill in the details according to the description below.
Access Controller - Users tab
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Check to enable the user's predefined access rights | |||||||||||
Username | Enter the name of the user. Valid characters are: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '-' and '_'.
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Full Name | Enter a descriptive name of the user. | ||||||||||
Enter the user's e-mail address. This address will be automatically applied to applications from which e-mails may be sent. | |||||||||||
Enter a password for the user account. | |||||||||||
Re-enter the password. | |||||||||||
| Successor | A successor must be defined in the case you want to remove a user that has ownership of configuration objects. | ||||||||||
| Validity Period | A defined period of time when a particular user has access rights to . When the validity period expires, the user will be unable to login or access until the validity period is renewed by an administrator.
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Group | Enter a comma delimited list of all the access groups that the user is a member of. | ||||||||||
Member | If enabled, the user is registered as a member of the specific group. | ||||||||||
Default | If enabled, this group is set as default group for the user. By default, this group will have read, write and execute permissions for new configurations created by the user. |
For details of how to change your password see The File Menu in 1.3 Desktop User Interface.
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Access Controller - Access Groups tab
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Name | Enter the name of the group. Valid characters are: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '-' and '_' | |||||
Description | Descriptive information about the group. | |||||
| Allow Access Through SCIM | Allows the group to be accessed using SCIM.
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Application | This column is a list of the all applications in the system. | |||||
Execute | Check to enable the members of the access group to start an instance of the relevant application. Clear to prohibit the access group members from using it. | |||||
Write | Check to enable the members of the access group to edit and save a configuration within the relevant application. Clear to prohibit the user from doing so.
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A drop down menu that allows the user to filter on application type. Options are All, Configuration, Inspection, Tools, or Web interface. | ||||||
Select All | Enables Write (if applicable) and Execute for all permissions in the chosen category. | |||||
Disables Write and Execute for all permissions in the chosen category. |
For information about how to modify configuration permissions, see 6.2 Configuration Browser.
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All properties listed below is only applicable when the value of |
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| mz.security.max.password.age.enabled | Default value: false Enables or disables the password expiration check. This property is only applicable when mz.security.user.control.enabled is also set to true. If both properties above are set to true, user is required to change password every N days set in mz.security.max.password.age.admin and mz.security.max.password.age.user. | |||||
| mz.security.max.password.age.admin | Default value: This property specifies the maximum password age for administrator users in days. Please refer mz.security.max.password.age.enabled column. | |||||
| mz.security.max.password.age.user | Default value: This property specifies the maximum password age for users in days. Please refer mz.security.max.password.age.enabled column. | |||||
| mz.security.max.password.history | Default value: This property specifies how many passwords back that are required to be unique before reusing an old password. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.enabled | Default value: This property enables or disables enhanced user security. If set to
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| mz.security.user.control.password.length.count | Default value: This property specifies the minimum total number of characters in a password.
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| mz.security.user.control.password.numcaps.count | Default value: The minimum number of upper case characters or number of numerical characters, in a password. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.numcaps.message | Default value: The message to be displayed for the user when they have not met the condition for the minimum number of upper case or numerical characters in the password. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.numcaps.pattern | Default value: The pattern of the permitted values in regular expression. The password will be matched to the pattern to determine if the condition is met. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.length.count | Default value: The minimum total number of characters in a password. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.length.message | Default value: The message to be displayed for the user when they have not met the condition for the minimum length of the password. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.lowercase.count | Default value: | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.uppercase.count | Default value: The minimum total number of uppercase characters in a password. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.number.count | Default value: The minimum total number of numeric characters in a password. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.special.count | Default value: The minimum number of special characters, in a password. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.special.message | Default value: The message to be displayed for the user when they have not met the condition for the minimum number of special characters in the password. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.special.pattern | Default value: The pattern of the permitted values in regular expression. The password will be matched to the pattern to determine if the condition is met. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.repetition.message | Default value: The message to be displayed for the user when they have not met the condition for the password having the least amount of multiple repeated characters in a sequence. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.username.message | Default value: The message to be displayed for the user when they have the username contained withing the password. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.history.message | Default value: The message to be displayed for the user when they are reusing a password that they have used before. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.extra.count | Default value: The minimum number of characters for the extra user policy. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.extra.message | Default value: The message to be displayed for the user when they did not meet the requirements of the extra user policy. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.extra.pattern | Default value: The pattern of the permitted values. The password will be matched to the pattern to determine if the condition is met. | |||||
| mz.security.user.control.password.extra.type | Default value: The type that determines what the extra pattern will be. The value of this property can be set to regexp or none. Setting it to regexp ensures that the pattern has to conform to regular expressions. |
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The user account will be locked after a configurable number of failed login attempts. If this happens, the password settings for the user account must be updated in the Users tab, unless automatic unlocking is selected. For more information about how to update password settings for a user account and how to configure automatic unlocking, see the section above, Users Tab, and the section below, Enhanced User Security Configuration. |
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Access Controller - Advanced tab
| Setting | Description |
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Enable Automatic Unlocking Of Users | Select this check box to automatically unlock accounts that have been disabled due failed login attempts. Accounts that have been manually disabled from the Users tab are not affected by this setting. |
| Time Before Automatic Unlocking (Minutes) | Enter the time that should pass before a locked account is automatically unlocked by the system. The minimum value is 1 minute. |
LDAP Authentication
User authentication is by default performed in. As an alternative, you can connect to an external LDAP directory for delegated authentication. This facilitates automation of administrative tasks such as creation of users and assigning access groups.
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Access Controller - Advanced tab with LDAP Authentication
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| Authentication Methods | The Authentication Methods setting is only available if LDAP Authentication is installed.
The default setting is authentication performed by .
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URL | Enter the URL for the external authentication server. The default ports, 389 for LDAP and 686 for LDAPS, are used unless other ports are specified in the URL. When using LDAP, you may connect via LDAPS by entering
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Test Connection | Click this button to test the connection to the authentication server. LDAP attributes and other settings than the URL are not used when testing the connection. | ||||||||||
User Base DN | Enter the LDAP attributes for user lookups in the external authentication server. The substring %s in this value will be replaced with the username entered at login to produce an identifier that is passed to the LDAP server.
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Group Base DN | Enter the LDAP attributes for group lookups in the external authentication server.
The name of the groups must be identical to the names configured in Access Groups. | ||||||||||
TLS | Select this check box to enable Transport Layer Security.
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| AD Naming | Select this check box if you want to use Active directory specific naming. | ||||||||||
| Enable | Select this check box if you want to enable group search bind credentials. You must also populate the Bind DN and Password fields. If you want to run an anonymous lookup, leave this check box empty. | ||||||||||
| Bind DN | If you want to use a specific Bind DN to search for the group, enter the Bind DN. | ||||||||||
| Password | If you want to use a specific Bind DN to search for the group, enter the password for the Bind DN. |
Configuration using Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
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