ZyXEL Communications NWA1000 Series - Chapter 11 User; Overview; User; What You Can Do in this Chapter

NWA1000 Series User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 11
User
11.1 Overview
This chapter describes how to set up user accounts and user settings for the NWA1000 Series.
11.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• The User screen (see Section 11.2 on page 92) provides a summary of all user accounts.
•The Setting screen (see Section 11.3 on page 94) controls default settings, login settings, lockout
settings, and other user settings for the NWA1000 Series.
11.1.2 What You Need To Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.
User Account
A user account defines the privileges of a user logged into the NWA1000 Series. User accounts are used
in controlling access to configuration and services in the NWA1000 Series.
User Types
These are the types of user accounts the NWA1000 Series uses.
Note: The default admin account is always authenticated locally, regardless of the
authentication method setting.
Table 38 Types of User Accounts
TYPE ABILITIES LOGIN METHOD(S)
Admin Users
admin Change NWA1000 Series configuration (web,
CLI)
WWW, TELNET, SSH, FTP
limited-admin Look at NWA1000 Series configuration (web,
CLI)
Perform basic diagnostics (CLI)
WWW, TELNET, SSH
Access Users
user Used for the embedded RADIUS server and
SNMPv3 user access
Browse user-mode commands (CLI)