ATEN KN Series 32-Port KVM over IP Switch with Dual Power/LAN (1-Local + 4-Remote Access) User Manual

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4. At this point you can assign the new user to a group by selecting the

Groups

tab – the Groups page is discussed on page 147. You can also

assign the user’s port access rights by selecting the

Devices

tab – the

Devices page is discussed on page 151.

Note:

Optionally, you can skip this step now to add more users and create
groups, and come back to it later.

5. When your selections have been made click

Save

.

6. When the

Operation Succeeded

message appears, click

OK

.

Status

Status allows you to control the user’s account and access
to the installation, as follows:

Š

Disable Account

lets you suspend a user’s account

without actually deleting it, so that it can be easily
reinstated in the future.

Š

If you don’t want to limit the time scope of the account,
select

Account never expires

; if you do want to limit the

amount of time that the account remains in effect, select

Account expires on

, and key in the expiration date.

Š

To require a user to change his password at the next
logon, select

User must change password at next logon

.

This can be used by the administrator to give the user a
temporary password to log in for the first time, and then let
the user set the password of his choice for future logins.

Š

To make a password permanent, so that the user cannot
change it to something else, select

User cannot change

password

.

Š

For security purposes, administrators may want users to
change their passwords from time to time.

Š

If not, select

Password never expires

. This allows

users to keep their current passwords for as long as
they like.

Š

If so, select

Password expires after

, and key in the

number of days allowed before the password expires.
Once the time is up, a new password must be set.

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