User authentication Local users
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The user is enabled by default. To disable, toggle off Enable.
5. (Optional) For Username alias, typean alias for the user.
Because the name used to create the user and cannot contain special characters such as
hyphens(-) or periods(.), an alias allowsthe user to log in using a name that containsspecial
characters. For security purposes, if two users have the same alias, the alias will be disabled.
6. Enter a password for the user. The password must be at least eight characters long and must
contain at least oneuppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number, and one special
character.If the primary responder feature is enabled, the password must be at least 10
characters long and must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one
number, and one special character.
7. Click to expand Login failure lockout.
The login failure lockout feature is enabled by default. To disable, toggle off Enable.
a. For Lockout tries, type the number of unsuccessful login attempts before the user is
locked out of the device. The default is 5.
b. For Lockout duration, type the amount of time that the user islocked out after the
number of unsuccessful login attempts defined in Lockout tries.
Allowed values are any number of minutes, or seconds, and take the format number{m|s}.
For example, to set Lockout duration to ten minutes, enter 10m or 600s.
The minimum value is 1 second, and the maximum is 15 minutes. The default is 15
minutes.
8. Add groups for the user.
Groupsdefine user access rights. See Authentication groupsfor information about configuring
groups.
a. Click to expand Groups.
b. For Add Group, click .
c. For Group, select an appropriate group.