Chapter 36 User Account
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Figure 262 Maintenance > User Account: Edit
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 181 Maintenance > User Account > User Account Add/Edit
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Active Click to enable (switch turns blue) or disable (switch turns gray) to activate or deactivate the
user account.
User Name Enter a name for this account. You can use up to 31 printable characters except [ " ], [ ` ], [ ' ], [ <
], [ > ], [ ^ ], [ $ ], [ | ], [ & ], or [ ; ]. Spaces are allowed.
Password Enter your new system password. The password must contain at least one numeric and one
alphabetic character. You can use 6 – 64 alphanumeric (0-9, a-z, A-Z) and special characters
except [ " ], [ ` ], [ ' ], [ < ], [ > ], [ ^ ], [ $ ], [ | ], [ & ], or [ ; ]. Spaces are allowed.
Note that as you type a password, the screen displays a (*) for each character you type. After
you change the password, use the new password to access the Zyxel Device.
If you are changing your existing password, you have to first enter your Old Password then enter
your New Password.
Verify Password Enter the new password again for confirmation.
Retry Times Enter the number of times consecutive wrong passwords can be entered for this account. 0
means there is no limit.
Idle Timeout Enter the length of inactive time before the Zyxel Device will automatically log the user out of the
Web Configurator.
Lock Period Enter the length of time a user must wait before attempting to log in again after a number of
consecutive wrong passwords have been entered as defined in Retry Times.