32 Avocent PM PDU Installer/User Guide
2. Click Add. The Local User Information screen is displayed.
3. Enter the new username and enter a passwor
d, then confirm the password.
4. Select or deselect User must change passwor
d at the next login checkbox.
5. If you wish to add the user to an available user group, select th
e user group name in the box on
the left and click Add (user is the default group). You can remove a user group from the box at
right by selecting it and clicking Remove.
6. Enter the desired parameters for Password Expiration.
• Min Days: Enter the minimum number of days allowed between password changes.
Passwor
d changes attempted sooner will be rejected. If not specified, -1 is the default
which disables the restriction.
• Max Days: Enter the maximum number of days a password is valid. After this period, a
password change will be fo
rced. If not specified, -1 is the default which disables the
restriction.
• Warning Days: Enter the number of days that a warning is issued to the user prior to
expirati
on. Entering
0 will cause the warning to be issued on the expiration day. A
negative value or no value means that no warning will be issued.
7. Enter the desired Account Expiration date (
YYYY-MM-DD).
8. Click Save.
T
o delete users:
1. Click Users - Local Accounts - User Names. The
User Names screen is displayed with a list of
all users.
2. Check the box next to the user to be deleted.
3. Click Delete.
A confirmation box appears. Click OK.
To configure password rules:
1. Click Users - Local Accounts - Password Rules.
2
. If password complexity is desired (recom
mended), make sure Check Password Complexity is
selected.
3. If password complexity is enabled, enter the desired values for password complexity.
4. Enter the desired values for Default Expiration.
5. Click Save.
Authorization
There are three default user groups on a PM PDU:
•admin
• admin-appliance
•user
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