Avocent DM2000 manual User Passwords, Changing User Account Properties, Username

Chapter 4: Managing Users 31

3.Select Transmitters from the side navigation menu. The User Transmitters Configurations window will open.

a.Choose a target transmitter from drop-down list.

b.Click Save.

Changing User Account Properties

You can change the following account properties for a user:

•The user (login) name and full name

•Login password

•Account login restrictions

•The user groups to which the user is assigned

•User contact details

•Target transmitters to which the user is assigned

Username

The user name information that you may specify for a user includes:

•User Name - The name that the Management Appliance uses to log in and identify the user.

•Full Name - The actual name of the user.

For example, you may use Engr10 as the username and Jonathan Z. Smith as the full name to identify the person associated with the username.

To change the name of a user:

1.Click the Users tab.

2.Click a user name. The User Account Overview window will open.

3.Type the user name for the user.

4.Type the full name of the user.

5.Click Save and then click Close.

User Passwords

A user’s password can only changed by an administrator. If a user wants to change their password they must contact an administrator.

NOTE: A password must contain between 6 and 64 alphanumeric characters. With the exception of ‘+’ and ‘-’ all ASCII characters may be used.

To change a user password:

1.Click the Users tab.

2.In a User Accounts window, click the appropriate username. The User Account Overview window will open.