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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 134
Configuration > User/Group > User > Add/Edit A User
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
User Name
Type the user name for this user account. You may use 1-31
alphanumeric characters, underscores(
_
), or dashes (-), but the first
character cannot be a number. This value is case-sensitive. User
names have to be different than user group names, and some words
are reserved..
User Type
Select what type of user this is. Choices are:
• admin - this user can look at and change the configuration of the
NXC
• limited-admin - this user can look at the configuration of the NXC
but not to change it
• user - this user has access to the NXC’s services but cannot look at
the configuration
• guest - this user has access to the NXC’s services but cannot look
at the configuration
• ext-user - this user account is maintained in a remote server, such
as RADIUS or LDAP.
• ext-group-user - this user account is maintained in a remote
server, such as RADIUS or LDAP.
Password
This field is not available if you select the ext-user or ext-group-
user type.
Enter the password of this user account. It can consist of 4 - 31
alphanumeric characters.
Retype
This field is not available if you select the ext-user or ext-group-
user type.
Group Identifier
This field is available for a ext-group-user type user account.
Specify the value of the AD or LDAP server’s Group Membership
Attribute that identifies the group to which this user belongs.
Associated AAA
Server Object
This field is available for a ext-group-user type user account. Select
the AAA server to use to authenticate this account’s users.
Description
Enter the description of each user, if any. You can use up to 60
printable ASCII characters. Default descriptions are provided.
Authentication
Timeout Settings
If you want to set authentication timeout to a value other than the
default settings, select Use Manual Settings then fill your preferred
values in the fields that follow.
Lease Time
Enter the number of minutes this user has to renew the current
session before the user is logged out. You can specify 1 to 1440
minutes. You can enter 0 to make the number of minutes unlimited.
Admin users renew the session every time the main screen refreshes
in the Web Configurator. Access users can renew the session by
clicking the Renew button on their screen. If you allow access users
to renew time automatically, the users can select this check box on
their screen as well. In this case, the session is automatically renewed
before the lease time expires.