Modifying a User Account

To modify a user account:

1. In the navigation pane, expand the System > Administration folders.
2. Click User Accounts. The User Account Management Web page is displayed in the content pane. See Figure�12.
3. In the User Name field, select the user account that you want to modify.
4. Click Modify. The Modify User Account Web page is displayed in the content pane. See Figure�14.

Figure�14:�Modify User Account Web Page

5. To change the user password:
1. In the New Password field, enter a new password for the user name. Passwords can consist of a maximum of 31 characters.

Note: Do not use a combination of the following special characters for the password ;, ?, \,(,),#, $,%, ^, &, or *.

1. In the Re-enter New Password field, reenter the password that you entered in the New Password field.
6. To change the number of weeks for which the user account is valid, change the setting of the Expiration Period (weeks) field. The expiration period can range from 3 to 999 weeks. The default setting is 0, no expiration.
7. To change the number of weeks before user account expiration that the user is warned, change the setting of the Expiration Warning (weeks) field. The expiration warning can range from 0 to the expiration period. A setting of 0 indicates that no warning is generated.
8. In the Status field, select Enable or Disable to change the status of the user account.

When a user account expires, you reset the account by changing the setting of this field from Disable to Enable.

9. Click APPLY.

Tip: To change a user's access type, use the following CLI command:

configure)# username <name> password [encrypted-type1] <passwd> [access-type {read-only | read-write | admin | <catName>}] [mgmt-type [all] [local-cli] [remote-cli] [web]]

The Web Agent does not support modification of users' access types.