Account Management

Tip

It is recommended to set the Policies for your system before creating users.

The Password Policies do not apply to administrators creating user accounts or setting passwords for accounts other than their own.

1. From the Accounts List View, click the Add Account button.

2. In the Add Account dialog, type a unique user name in the Name text box.

   

   Tip

   The user name must comply with Unix restrictions (lower case letters a-z, numbers 0-9, hyphen and underscore).

   

3. Select the Role for the user. See "Role" in Account Settings. 
4. Type the password in the Password field, and again in the Confirm Password field. For the allowed characters, see "Password Requirements" in Changing Your Password.

5. Click Add Acount.
   

1. From the Accounts List View, click the Settings icon

   

    on an existing account. 
   The Account Settings expand for the selected account (as shown in the following example).
    

   

2. For security purposes, you cannot modify the Name or Role for an existing account.
3. To reset the password of an existing account, type the new password in the Password field and again in the Confirmation Password field. For the allowed characters, see "Password Requirements" in Changing Your Password.

4. To change your own password, type the current password in the Current Password field, type the new password in the New Password field and again in the Confirm Password field.

   

   Note

   New users must change their passwords:

   • when they first sign in
   • when the administrator resets the password on an existing account

   When you change your password, the new password takes effect immediately.

5. To upload a public key for the account, follow the steps in Managing Public Key Authentication.

6. To apply your changes, click Apply.