Adder Technology Switch manual User/Group Management

User/Group Management

The user and group management of the SmartView World IP section is based on configurable users and groups. Each user or group may have different permissions. The various options within the User and Group Management panel are as follows:

Existing users

Select an existing user for modification or deletion. Once a user has been selected, click the Lookup User button to see the complete user information.

New user name

In order to create a new user, enter a new login name in this field. The new name must not yet exist as user or group. In case it does, an error message will be displayed on top of the panel.

Full user name

This name is the full name belonging to the login name.

Password

The password for the login name. It must be at least four characters long.

Confirm Password

Confirmation of the password above.

Email address

This information may be optionally provided.

Mobile number

This information may be optionally provided.

Group membership

Each user can be a member of one or more groups.

Existing groups

Selects an existing group for copying, modification or deletion.

New group name

In order to create a new group, enter a new and unused group name.

The user management of the SmartView World IP section allows many different users. The following sections will describe how to add, change and delete users.

Create User

Fill out the fields ‘New user name’, ‘Full user name’, ‘Password’ and ‘Confirm password’. Optionally select the groups of which the new user should become a member.

Click the ’Create user’ button.

Delete User

Select a user in the ‘Existing user’ control. Click the ‘Lookup’ button. The complete user information will be shown. Click the ‘Delete user’ button.

Note: The pre-configured supervisor user ‘super’ can’t be deleted, however, it can be renamed.

Modify User

Select a user in the ‘Existing user’ control. Click the lookup button to get all the user’s information.

All fields can be modified as required. The old password is not displayed, but can be modified. If all changes are done click the ‘Modify user’ button.

Copy User

Select a user in the ‘Existing user’ control. Enter a new user name in the field ‘New user name’. Click the ‘Copy User’ button. This will create a new user with the given name. All properties of the selected user will be copied to the new one, except user specific permissions.

Create Group

Type the name of the new group into the field ‘New group name’ and click the ‘Create group’ button.

Delete Group

Select a group in the ‘Existing group’ control. Click the ‘Delete group’ button.

Modify Group

To modify an existing group, select the group in the ‘Existing group’ control. The group’s name field can be modified. Finally click the ‘Modify group’ button.

Copy Group

Select a group in the ‘Existing group’ control and type the name of the new group into the field ‘New group name’. Click the ‘Copy Group’ button. This will create a new group and copy all properties and permissions of the selected group to the newly created group.

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