Managing administration accounts on the MSS

This topic describes how to manage administration accounts (logins) on the MSS using the web-based administration pages. System administrators who log in with the sa login, or an administration account that is allowed to access the Manage Local Administration Accounts page, can add, change, or delete administration accounts.

The administration accounts you create can be assigned access levels that are the same as the sa or vm account, or you can create administrative accounts that have different access privileges. To create administration accounts that have access privileges that are different from the sa or vm account, you first have to set up one or more administrative roles. For more information about setting up administrative roles, see Role-Based Access Control and Managing administrative roles on the MSS.

See Password administration guidelines for information about assigning MSS passwords.

Note: If you are the system administrator using the sa login and you lose the sa password, contact the remote support center to establish a new password.

To add an administration account:

1. On the Manage Local Administration Accounts page, click Add a new Admin.
2. On the Add Local Administration Account page, complete the User Name and Role ID fields.

   The Role ID you choose determines the access privileges for this administration account.

3. Complete the Local Authentication Enabled?, Password, and Confirm Password fields. The characters you enter for the password fields appear as asterisks for security purposes.

Note: If the Local Authentication Enabled? field is set to no, a password cannot be entered and this administration account must be authenticated by an external AAA server.

4. Check the default values for the password expiration fields and change them if necessary.

For more information, click the field names or Help.

5. Click Save.

To change an administration account:

1. On the Manage Local Administration Accounts page, select one of the existing administration accounts and click Edit the Selected Admin.
2. On the Edit Local Administration Account page, make the necessary changes.

   For more information, click the field names or Help.

3. Click Save.

To delete an administration account:

1. On the Manage Local Administration Accounts page, select one of the existing administration accounts and click Delete the Selected Admin.

The system displays a confirmation message.

2. Click OK.

The system displays a message that the user was successfully deleted.

3. Click OK.

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