The General properties let you define the following for a new user.

1	Role
2	Authentication Type
3	Password/Confirm password
4	User name
5	Enabled
6	Password expires

Note: If you change a user's configuration dynamically, the user must log out then log back in for the changes to take effect.

1

Role

Enter the user's role.

Click the Browser button to the right of the input field to display the Select A Role Browser and use it to select the role.

You can also click the Popup Menu button to create a new role, edit the current role, or Browser for another role.

2	Authentication Type

Select the procedure that CIMPLICITY should perform to authenticate a user when the user logs in.

Selections are:

Selection	CIMPLICITY allows access
None	with no password.
CIMPLICITY	When the user enters the name and password that are in the Users dialog box. The user's role and other specifications are also defined.
Windows Domain	Available when both: The user is a member of a selected Windows Authentication group. Enable Windows Authentication is checked in the Windows Authentication window. The user's assigned role and name may be different from the role assigned to the group.
Windows Domain with Group Mapping	Available when both: The user is a member of a selected Windows Authentication group. Enable Windows Authentication is checked in the Windows Authentication window. CIMPLICITY assigns the user a role for the first selected group in which the user is found.

 

3	Password and Confirm password

Enabled when CIMPLICITY is selected as the Authentication Type.

1. Enter the user's password in the Password field.

2. Re-enter the password in the Confirm Password field.

Result: Asterisks are displayed in place of the characters you type.

 The following runtime rules also apply to user passwords:

During runtime a user:

Is prompted to change the password when the current password expires.

Can change the password from the CIMPLICITY Login Panel.

Can use the Change Password command in the Basic Control Engine to change the password in CimView.

(In a Server Redundancy configuration) can only change the password when the Primary computer is running.

Disabled when the following are selected as the Authenticated Type

Selection	CIMPLICITY allows access when the user enters:
None	No password.
Windows Domain	The user's authorized Windows password.
Windows Domain with Group Mapping	The user's authorized Windows password.

 

4

User name

(Optional) User's name or descriptive text about the user.

5

Enabled

Either:

Check to enable the user account or.

Clear to disable the account.

Result: When Enabled is unchecked, the account is not available for user login.

 Important: If you disable an account dynamically, currently logged in users will not be logged out; however, new log in attempts will be rejected.

6	Password expires

Enter the number of days until the user's password expires or enter zero if the password never expires in the Password Expires field.

Result: After the elapsed number of days, the user will be required to change the password prior to logging in.

 Note: In a Server Redundancy configuration, automatic password expiration is not supported.

More information

User configuration steps.

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