Axis Communications AXIS 2420 - Manual (Page 23)

AXIS 2420 User’s Manual Configuring Your Camera 23
System Security
To prevent unauthorized use of the camera, the AXIS 2420 supports multi-user password
protection, and access can be restricted to defined users only. A system Administrator has
unrestricted access to the product´s Administration Tools and can determine the
registration and access rights for all users.
Notes: •When accessing the Administrator Tools for the first time you will be assumed to be the admin-
istrator and will be logged in as such, with the user name root and default password pass.
•The root password must however, be changed as soon as possible. Until this has been done, the
security features in the product be will not be enabled. Furthermore, all Axis products are
shipped with the same password by default.
User Access Rights
As an Administrator, click System and then Users to perform any of the following tasks:
• define or edit the administrator (root) password
• define, add and delete user names and passwords
• assign individual access rights to a selected user, where each user is awarded with one or more
of the following levels of access:
• Admin: a user granted with Admin rights has unrestricted access to the Administra-
tion Tools and can consequently determine the registration of all users.
• Dial-in: provides the user with dial-in modem access only.
• View: provides the lowest level of access, which only allows the user to view images.
Important!
By default, the AXIS 2420 supports anonymous user access, which means that anybody on the Inter-
net/intranet has access to the images (but not the Admin tools) from a browser.
To restrict open viewing access, simply register a single authorized user. This effectively revokes the
anonymous user service and restricts access to specified users. If the anonymous user service is satisfac-
tory for your application, simply do not add any users. The Administrator’s own settings are enough to
provide anonymous viewing access.