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Local accounts
The admin and root are equivalent users but named differently to address users familiar with either Avocent or Cyclades™ appliances. Regular users can be granted permissions by administrators at any time. The virtual console server has three user account types:
•admin: Performs the initial network configuration. The factory default password for admin is avocent. The admin user is a member of the admin group and can configure the virtual console server and ports as well as user and group authorizations.
•root: Has the same permissions as the admin user. The factory default password for root is linux. In the virtual console server, the root user is a member of the admin group and shell-
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To add new users:
1.Click Users - Local Accounts - User Names. The User Names screen is displayed with a list of all users.
2.Click Add. The Local User Information screen is displayed.
3.Enter the new username and enter a password, then confirm the password.
4.Select or deselect User must change password at the next login checkbox.
5.If you wish to add the user to an available user group, select the user group name in the box on the left and click Add (user is the default group). You can remove a user group from the box at right by selecting it and clicking Remove.
6.Enter the desired parameters for Password Expiration.
•Min Days: Enter the minimum number of days allowed between password changes. Password changes attempted sooner will be rejected. If not specified,
•Max Days: Enter the maximum number of days a password is valid. After this period, a password change will be forced. If not specified,