Managing users

After you create a user, you must manually modify the user settings if additional permissions are required. You can also use these steps to modify a user if the information has changed.

Before you begin

You must be assigned the Appliance administration permission to perform these steps.

About this task

When you create a user, the user has the default permissions. If the user account needs additional permissions, then you must add these permissions manually after the initial user creation. If a user account was created using the self-registration function, then only a subset of the user information is available. The remaining information needs to be added by a user that is assigned the appliance administration permission. Use the following steps to modify a user using the WebSphere® DataPower® XC10 Appliance user interface.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Users panel.
    • From the menu bar at the top of the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user interface, navigate to Collective > Users.
    • From theHome panel, click the Create users link in the Step 1: Set up the appliance section.
  2. Click the User name for the user you intend to modify. The display name and the user name cannot be modified after the user has been created.
  3. You can edit the password and email address for the user. To change the password, click [edit] for the field. Enter a new password to change the password.
  4. View the user activity. The following user activity can be viewed from the user account screen:
    • Current Status: This field shows the status of the user. The following list contains the possible user statuses:
      • The active user icon: Active in the last 5 minutes
      • The inactive user icon: Inactive for more than 5 minutes
      • The inactive user icon: User has not logged in yet
    • User Groups: This field lists all the user groups in which the user is a member.

      Type in the group name to add a user to a group. As you type the user group name, a list of user groups matching what you have typed is displayed. You must click the user group name to add the user to the group. Typing in the user group name does not add the user to the group. Adding a user to a user group results in the user being assigned the permissions of the user group. The previous level of permissions assigned to the user is not retained. If you want to remove a user from a user group, click the [remove] link next to the group you want to the user to be removed from. If a user is removed from all groups (besides the Everyone group), then the user retains the permissions that are assigned to the last group from which they were removed.

  5. Modify the permissions for this user. You can select or clear these permissions to control the level of access that a user is assigned. User permissions cannot be modified if a user is a member of a group, not including the Everyone group. If a user is a member of a group, then the user has the permissions defined by that group. If a user is a member of multiple groups, then the user has the sum of the permissions defined by these groups. When you change the permissions defined for the group, the changes are propagated to all the members of the group. The following permissions are available for each user.
    • Appliance administration
    • Appliance monitoring
    • Data grid creation
    For more information about these permission settings, see User permissions.

Results

You have successfully modified a user account.

What to do next

After you have modified the user, you can add the user to a user group. See Creating a user group and Managing user groups for information about creating a user group and adding users to user groups. You can add a layer of security to your appliance by using a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server for authentication. For more information about securing your appliance with an LDAP server, see Configuring IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user interface security.
Parent topic: Managing users and groups
Related concepts:
User permissions
Related tasks:
Creating a user
Removing a user
Registering a new user account
Creating a user group
Managing user groups
Removing a user group