APC ACRP501, ACRP500 Administration Security, Local Users, Permission levels, Setting user access

Administration: Security

Local Users

Permission levels

Before you configure user access, be sure you understand the capabilities of each account type (Administrator, Device User, and Read-Only User) to use menus, view information, and change settings.

For information on user permission levels for each account type (Administrator, Device User, and Read-Only User), see “Types of user accounts” on page 3.

Setting user access

You set the user name and password for each of the account types in the same manner.

User name. The case-sensitive user name (maximum of 10 characters) is used by Administrators and Device Users to log on at the control console, display interface, or Web interface and by the Read-Only User to log on at the Web interface. Default values are apc for Administrator, device for Device Users, and readonly for the Read-Only User.

Password. The case-sensitive password (maximum of 10 characters) is used to log on to the Web interface, (except for the Read-Only User) the control console, or the display interface. The default setting for Password is apc for Administrators, Device Users, and Read-Only Users.