Editing Users Information
Follow the procedure below to edit a CMDB user:
- From the left panel folders, browse the Users folder and select the User.
- Click Edit.
- In the Edit User dialog box:
- Add the User Name and user profile information including User Name, Full Name, Job Title, Company.
- Click the drop-down to select the Importance - 'Important', 'Critical' or 'Mission Critical'.
- Select a Default Role for the user.
See the topic Role Settings for a list of default roles and permission. You can also create new roles, which will be available in this menu after you create them. - For Session Timeout, enter the number of minutes after which an inactive user will be logged out.
- For User Lockout, enter the number of minutes the user will be unable to log into the system after three successive authentication failures.
- For System Account Enabled, select Yes.
- For System Password Reset, enter the number of days after which a user’s current password for logging in to the system will automatically expire.
If left blank, the user's password will never expire. - For Password, select Local or External.
If you select Local, enter and then reconfirm the user password. See Authentication Settings for more information about using external authentication.
Note: If more than one authentication profile is associated with a user, then the servers will be contacted one-by-one until a connection to one of them is successful. Once a server has been contacted, if the authentication fails, the process ends, and the user is notified that the authentication failed. - For System Administrator, select Yes.
- Click Save.
You can also use the following functions under Actions menu:
- Unlock - to unlock a user, select the user from the list and click Actions >Unlock.
- Add to Watchlist- select the user from the list and click Actions > Add to Watchlist. In the 'Add to Watch List' dialog, select the Organization, Expires on time, make the selections from the list using the > button and save.