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Avocent DSView - Changing User Passwords; Specifying User Account Restrictions

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Chapter 5: Managing User Accounts 145
2. Type the path and name of the certificate.
-or-
Use the Browse button and select a certificate using the Choose File dialog box.
3. Click Save to save your changes.
4. Click Close. The User Accounts window will open including any modifications.
Changing user passwords
NOTE: This property may only be modified for users using internal authentication. See Managing Authentication
Services on page 53 for more information.
The password of a user may be changed or you may specify that the users enter a new password
when they log in to their next session.
To change the password of a user:
1. From the side navigation bar, click Password. The User Password window will open.
2. Type the new password you wish to assign to the user and verify the password.
3. Click User must change password at next login to enable a user to define a new password
when they log in to their next session.
4. Click Save to save your changes.
5. Click Close. The User Accounts window will open, including any modifications.
Specifying user account restrictions
NOTE: This property may only be modified for users using internal authentication. See Managing Authentication
Services on page 53 for more information.
To specify account restrictions for users:
1. From the side navigation bar, click Restrictions. The User Account Restrictions window
will appear.
2. Click Disable user account to prevent the user from logging in to the DSView management
software. The users account may be re-enabled by unchecking Disable user account.
NOTE: The users will remain logged in if they have an open session.
3. Click User must change password at next login to enable a user to define a new password
when logging in to the session.
4. Click User cannot change password to prevent the user from changing a password.
5. Click Password never expires to prevent a user’s password from expiring.
6. Click Save to save your changes.
7. Click Close. The User Accounts window will open including any modifications.

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