Adding Locally-Defined Users

Follow this procedure to add users directly to the Security Management appliance if you are not using external authentication. Alternatively, use the userconfig command in the CLI.

Note
If external authentication is also enabled, be sure that local user names do not duplicate externally-authenticated user names.

There is no limit to the number of user accounts that you can create on the appliance.

Procedure

Step 1

If you will assign custom user roles, we recommend that you define those roles first. See Custom User Roles.

Step 2

[New Web Interface Only] On the Security Management appliance, click to load the legacy web interface.

Step 3

Choose Management Appliance > System Administration > Users.

Step 4

Click Add User.

Step 5

Enter a unique name for the user. You cannot enter words that are reserved by the system (such as “operator” and “root”).

If you also use external authentication, user names should not duplicate externally-authenticated user names.

Step 6

Enter a full name for the user.

Step 7

Select a predefined role or a custom role. See the table Descriptions of User Roles in section Predefined User Roles for more information about user roles.

If you add a new Email role or Web role here, enter a name for the role. For naming restrictions, see Creating Custom Email User Roles or Creating Custom Web User Roles.

Step 8

Confirm your current passphrase for security validation.

Step 9

You can generate or enter a passphrase and re-enter the passphrase to confirm the same.

Step 10

Submit and commit your changes.

Step 11

If you added a custom user role on this page, assign privileges to that role now. See Custom User Roles.