Sec/User Mgmt: Users Tab

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The Users tab in the Admin Security view allows you to set up user accounts. Each NetWitness Platform user must have a user account. In the Users tab, you can create, edit, delete, enable, disable, and unlock a user account.

Workflow

What do you want to do?

Role	I want to ...	Show me how
Admin	Set up a new user	Set Up a User Add a User and Assign a Role
Admin	Manage user accounts	Enable, Unlock, and Delete User Accounts

Role

I want to ...

Show me how

Admin

Set up a new user

Set Up a User

Add a User and Assign a Role

Admin

Manage user accounts

Enable, Unlock, and Delete User Accounts

Quick Look

To access this view, go to ADMIN > Security. The Security view displayed with Users tab open.

The Users tab includes the following panels.

1	Users toolbar
2	Users list

Users Toolbar

The following table describes the Users toolbar.

Feature	Description
	Opens the Add User dialog.
	Deletes the selected user.
	Opens the Edit User dialog for the selected user.
	Enables a disabled user account with all user preferences intact.
	Blocks user access without deleting user preferences so that upon re-enabling users, user preferences are intact.
Reset Password	Opens the Reset Password dialog, which enables you to change the password of the selected user. This dialog lists the password format requirements necessary to change the password and allows you to force the user to change their password on the next login.
Unlock	Unlocks a user account that has been locked due to too many failed login attempts.

Users List

The following table describes the columns in the Users list.

Column	Description
	If this icon appears in a user row, it indicates that the user password has expired.
Username	Username to log on to NetWitness Platform.
Name	Name of the user to whom the account belongs.
Email Address	Email address of the user.
Roles	Role assigned to the user.
Authentication Type	Authentication method, which could be external by Active Directory or PAM or internal by NetWitness Platform.
Description	Description of the user account.