Creating Local User Accounts
You need administrator privileges to create local user accounts.
User names are limited to 1 to 12 lowercase alphanumeric characters and can include underscores (_), for example, "john_usa."
Passwords are limited to 6 to 12 lowercase alphanumeric characters and can include underscores (_), the "at" symbol (@), asterisks (*), periods (.), and hyphens (-). For example, "pass_19."
- From the Setup menu, select User Management > User Accounts.
The Setup - Users screen displays.
- Click Create.
The Create User Account screen displays.
- Type a name for the local user account into the Enter User Name text box.
- Type a password for the local user account into the Enter Password text box.
- Retype the password into the Confirm Enter Password text box to confirm.
- Select a local user account privilege level by selecting either Administrator or User. For information on privilege levels, see Working With Local User Accounts.
- If the account is assigned User privileges, click Next to assign partition access. Select the check box next to all library partitions that you want the user account to access. Clear the check box next to all library partitions that you do NOT want the user account to access.
- Click Apply.
The Progress Window displays. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation.Do one of the following:
- If Success displays in the Progress Window, the local user account was successfully created. Click Close to close the Progress Window.
- If Failure displays in the Progress Window, the local user account was not successfully created.Follow the instructions listed in the Progress Window to resolve any issues that occurred during the operation.
- Save the library configuration.
For instructions on how to save the library configuration, see Saving the Configuration.
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