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Set Up and Manage a User Account

You can set up an account for a user, whether another supervisor, operator, or observer, to access
the DMM. You can also update or delete usernames or permissions. To manage a user account,
access the User Accounts screen and follow these steps:

1. At the Domain Management Module menu, type

2

, "Change Security & Passwords," and

press <Enter>. The Change Security & Passwords menu appears.

2. At the Change Security & Passwords menu, type

2

, "User Accounts Configuration," and

press <Enter>.

3. To add a user, type

1

, or to edit an existing user, type

3

, and press <Enter>, then type the

Username and follow the prompts on the Edit User Account screen to enter values or press
<Space> to cycle through options for these parameters:

• Account State: enabled or disabled
• Access From: UI, SNMPv3, or UI/SNMPv3

• UI indicates access through Telnet, Console, SSH, FTP, or SFTP, and requires additional

parameter setup

• SNMPv3 enhances security and requires additional parameter setup; for details, see the

documentation for your SNMPv3 application and server

• Access level: Supervisor, Operator, or Observer
• Description: optional; up to 17 characters
• UI Password: password that allows access through Telnet, Console, SSH, FTP, or SFTP; 8 to

15 characters

• UI Password Expires: Yes or No
• UI Password Expires in (days): 0 (never) to 365
• Allow UI Lockout of User: Yes or No; can disable access for this user after excessive failed

attempts to log in

• Allow UI Logout of User: Yes or No; can automatically log user out after excessive

inactivity

• UI Login Locked State: shows current state as Locked or Unlocked
• SNMPv3 Authentication Protocol: MD5, SHA, or None; sets how to authenticate the user
• SNMPv3 Authentication Password: password that generates the authentication key for the

user if the authentication protocol is MD5 or SHA; 8 to 15 characters.

• SNMPv3 Authentication Key: Shows the key that authenticates the user for MD5 or SHA

Authentication Protocol; this is generated automatically for the Authentication Password, but
can be changed if the user's host uses a different Authentication Key generation algorithm; 16
Hex characters for MD5 protocol or 20 Hex characters for SHA protocol.

• SNMPv3 Privacy Protocol: DES or None; sets the protocol for encryption
• SNMPv3 Privacy Password: password that generates the encryption key for the user if the

privacy protocol is DES; 8 to 15 characters

• SNMPv3 Privacy Key: Shows the key that encrypts messages for DES Privacy Protocol; this

is generated automatically for the Privacy Password, but can be changed if the user's host
uses a different Privacy Key generation algorithm; 16 Hex characters

Model 1500 Domain Management Module

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