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Changing details for another user

Supervisor users can change details, including the password, for another user.

About this task

User passwords expire after 0 days, by default.

You can configure the password expiration time and also password complexity rules (see Configuring user security settings).

Procedure

To create a local user, complete the following steps.

  1. From the XClarity Orchestrator menu bar, click Administration (Administration icon) > Security, and then click Local Users in the left navigation to display the Local Users card.

    Local Users card
  2. Select the user account.
  3. Click the Edit icon (Edit icon) to modify the user’s properties. The Edit User dialog is displayed.
  4. Enter the new and confirm passwords. By default, passwords must contain 8 – 256 characters and must meet the following criteria.
    • (1) Must contain at least one alphabetic character, and must not have more than two sequential characters, including sequences of alphabetic characters, digits, and QWERTY keyboard keys (for example, “abc”, “123”, and “asd” are not allowed)
    • (2) Must contain at least one number
    • (3) Must contain at least two of the following characters.
      • Uppercase alphabetic characters (A – Z)
      • Lowercase alphabetic characters (a – z)
      • Special characters ; @ _ ! ' $ & +

      White space characters are not allowed.

    • (4) Must not repeat or reverse the user name
    • (5) Must not contain more than two of the same characters consecutively (for example, “aaa”, “111”, and “...” are not allowed)
  5. Click Edit.