MediaCentral | UX Administration Guide : User Management : Managing Users and Groups : Creating a New User or Editing User Details

Creating a New User or Editing User Details
 
You can create individual users instead of importing a group of users. You can assign a user to one or more groups, including the Administrators group.
MediaCentral UX v2.1 introduced more secure password requirements. Starting with MediaCentral UX v2.2, administrators have the option of turning off this requirement. See Turning Off Secure Password Requirements.
*If you create a user in the Administrators group, sign in as the created user, assign the Administrator role directly, remove the Administrators group from Groups, and click Apply, the system signs you out and you need to sign in again as a different user. The user you created is deleted from the Administrators group and moved to the Unassigned group.
To create a new user:
1. Sign in to MediaCentral UX as an administrator and select Users from the Layout selector.
2. Do one of the following:
*In the user tree, select a group to which you want to add a new user, right-click, and select Create User.
The new user will be added to the selected group.
*Click the Create User button.
*Click the Pane Menu button and select Create User.
3. In the Details pane, type the properties for the new user.
User Name, Password, and Confirm Password are required fields and are marked by small white stars. Other fields and settings are optional.
Note the following restrictions:
- Minimum length of user names: 1 character
- Minimum length of passwords: 6 characters
- Maximum length of user names and passwords: 255 characters
- Passwords are case-sensitive.
- Passwords cannot contain all or part of the user’s account name.
- Passwords cannot consist of spaces only.
- Passwords must contain characters from three of the following four categories:
- English uppercase characters (A through Z)
- English lowercase characters (a through z)
- Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
- Nonalphanumeric characters (e.g., !, $, #, %)
4. Select the options you want, such as “User must change password at next sign-in.”
5. (Optional) Add the new user to a group.
If you selected a group and then selected Create User, the group you selected is listed in the Groups section. To add the user to another group, drag the group icon from the user tree to the Groups section.
If you do not assign a user to a group, the user is added to the top-level group (Users).
6. (Optional) Assign one or more roles to a user.
By default, a user inherits the role of the assigned group. This default role is not displayed until you save the new user. If you are working in a multi-zone environment, assign the appropriate role for each zone.
For more information, see Creating, Deleting, and Assigning Roles.
7. If you do not want to create the user, click Cancel.
This action clears the Details pane.
8. When you are satisfied with the information, click Save or press Ctrl+S.
The user is added to the groups that you specified.
If you navigate away from the Details pane without clicking Cancel or Save, a message box asks if you want to apply your changes. Click Yes to apply changes, click No to ignore the changes, or click Cancel to go back to the Details pane and make additional changes.
To edit user details:
1. In the user tree, double-click a user or select the user and press Enter.
You can use the filter field (Ctrl-F) to locate the user. Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to move from the filter field to the user tree and back again.
2. Change the properties, options, membership, or roles.
For additional information about changing passwords, see Changing Passwords.
3. If you want to cancel your changes and return to the last set of saved information, click Revert.
4. When you are satisfied with the information, click Apply or press Ctrl+S.