The User Properties tab defines the general information about the user: username, type of account, and password information (Figure 1). You can set these user properties for any new user you define. However, you cannot modify some or all of the user properties for the two predefined system users: BasicSysAgent and MetasysSysAgent. This restriction is according to design. For an Active Directory service user, see User Properties Tab – Active Directory Service User. For a RADIUS user, see User Properties Tab – RADIUS User.
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Field |
Description |
Default Value |
Required |
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User Name |
Displays the login name of the user. The default name in the
User Name field when creating a new
user is New User. The default name when creating a copy of a
user is Copy of <username>, where <username>
is the name of the user being copied.
Note:
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User Name |
Yes |
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Description |
Displays a description of the user. |
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No |
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Password |
Displays the password entered for the user. Metasys server and engine platforms require complex passwords. For more information, see Password Rules and Password Complexity. Note: For the MetasysSysAgent user only, the
Password field cannot be edited.
To change the password for the MetasysSysAgent user, select
the > menu option.
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Yes |
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Verify Password |
Confirms the letters, numbers, and symbols typed into the Password box. Note: For the MetasysSysAgent user only, the Verify
Password field cannot be edited. To change
the password for the MetasysSysAgent user, select the > menu option.
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Yes |
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View Blocked Words List |
Displays the Blocked Words List. |
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View Password Policy |
Displays the rules for password complexity which varies for English and non-English users. For further information see Password Rules. Figure 2. View Password Policy Window
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Minimum Password Length |
Allows the user to set the minimum character length for the password. The default minimum character length is 8. You cannot set the minimum character length below 8 characters. |
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Maximum Password Length |
Allows the user to set the maximum character length for the password. The default maximum character length is 50. You cannot set the maximum character length above 50 characters. |
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Single Access User |
Allows the user to log in to the account once. After logging on once, the account becomes disabled. |
Cleared |
No |
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Temporary User |
Allows the user to access the system as a temporary user. The user can access the account as long as it has not expired. When expired, the user is logged out of the system. |
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No |
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Expires On |
Allows the administrator to specify the date on which a temporary user's account expires. The account expires at the end of the specified date (midnight), after which the user can no longer access the system. Note: If a user account is created when the Site Director is set to
an incorrect future date and time and the user account password
is later set to expire after some number of days, the password
may not expire until the incorrect future date and time. The
user account stores a timestamp for when the user’s password was
last changed, and the system does not expire the password until
the number of days after the stored value.
For example,
suppose that you create a user account on Monday, November 4,
2013. However, the Site Director date is set to Monday, May 4,
2015. If you then set the user account's password to expire in
30 days, the password does not expire 30 days from Monday,
November 4, 2013.
To resolve this issue, ensure you select
the User Must Change Password at Next
Login option when you set a user account
password to expire after a period of time. Doing so forces the
user to create a new password at the next login and again after
the time period has elapsed. To prevent this issue, ensure that
your Site Director is always set to the current date and
time.
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The default value is the current date. |
Yes, if temporary user selected. |
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User Must Change Password at Next Logon |
Requires that the users change their passwords the next time they log in to the system. |
Selected |
No |
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User Cannot Change Password |
Disables the ability to change the password. |
Cleared |
No |
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Account Disabled |
Disables the user account. The BasicSysAgent account is disabled by default. A Standard Access administrator must enable the BasicSysAgent account to grant a Basic Access administrator access to the Basic Access version of the Security Administrator system. |
Cleared |
No |
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Account Locked Out |
Allows the administrator to reset a locked out user account. |
Cleared |
No |
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User Can Modify Own Profile |
Allows the users to update their own profile information. The administrator can also change or update the profile information by using the User Profile tab. |
Selected |
No |
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User Can View the Item Navigation Tree (Default Tree) |
Designates that a user can view the All Items navigation tree. |
Selected |
No |
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User Can Disable Alarm Pop-ups |
Allows the user to disable or enable alarm windows. |
Selected |
No |
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Access Type |
Specifies the type of access the user has to the system. Selections are Standard Access, Basic Access, and Tenant Access. For accounts created by a Basic Access administrator, the default is Basic Access. Metasys for Validated Environment (MVE) sites do not support Basic Access user accounts and Tenant Access user accounts. MVE sites support System Access only. |
Standard |
Yes |