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Chapter16 Managing System Ad ministrators
Configuring Authentication Settings for Administrators
Choose System Administration > Administrators > Roles.
The Roles page appears with a list of predefined roles. Table 16-4 describes the Roles page fields.

Viewing Role Properties

Use this page to view the properties of each role.
Choose System Administration > Administrators > Roles, and click a role or choose the role’s radio
button and click View.
The Roles Properties page appears as described in Table16-5:
Related Topics
•Understanding Roles, page 16-3
•Administrator Accounts and Role Association, page 16-6
•Configuring Authentication Settings for Administrators, page16-10
Configuring Authentication Settings for Administrators
Authentication settings are a set of rules that enhance security by forcing administrators to use strong
passwords, regularly change their passwords, and so on. Any password policy changes that you make
apply to all ACS system administrator accounts.
To configure a password policy:
Step1 Choose System Administration > Administrators > Settings > Authentication.
Table16-4 Roles Page
Field Description
Name List of all configured roles. See Predefined Roles, page 16-5 for a list of predefined roles.
Description Description of each role.
Table16-5 Roles Properties Page
Field Description
Name Name of the role. If you are duplicating a role, you must enter a unique name as a minimum
configuration; all other fields are optional. Roles cannot be created or edited. See
Table16-4 for a list of predefined roles.
Description Description of the role. See Predefined Roles, page16-5 for more inf ormation.
Permissions List
Resource List of available resources.
Privileges Privileges that can be assigned to each resource. If a privilege does not apply, the privilege
check box is dimmed (not available).
Row color is irrelevant to availability of a given privilege and is determined by the explicit
text in the Privileges column.