Creating and Deleting User Accounts

For an introduction to user accounts, see About User Access and Licensing.

To create or delete user accounts:

1. In the side bar, select Resources >Administration ManagerAdministration Manager.
2. In the side bar of the Administration Manager, select UsersUsers.
3. To add a user account:
a. ClickAddAdd.
b. Complete the Add New User dialog (see Table 56) and click Add.
c. To finish configuring the account, see Changing the Properties of a User Account.

To delete a user account:

a. Select the account and clickRemove/DeleteDelete.
b. In the confirmation dialog, click Yes.
c. Enter the reason for deleting the account and click OK.

Table 56. Add New User dialog

Field

Description

Username

A shorthand name for the new user account.

Full Name

A full name for the new user account.

Description

A description of the new account.

Authentication method

The method by which TLC will authenticate the user account.

Internal. With this option, TLC will authenticate the account with the Username and a password of your choosing.

Radius. With this option, TLC authenticates the account with a RADIUS user account (entered in the External User field) using the PAP authentication method.

LDAP/Active Directory. With this option, TLC authenticates the account with an Active Directory user account (entered in the External User field).

If you select Radius or LDAP/Active Directory, enter the name of the user account in the External User field. For Radius, the name of the user account must be preceded by the domain name. For example, mycorp\Bob will authenticate the 'Bob' user account in the mycorp domain.

For more information about authentication methods, see the description of the Authentication tab in Table 41.

Notes: If Radius is selected in the Auth Type field, the External User field is optional. In this case, if the External User field is void, TLC will authenticate with the username of the TLC user account with which you logged in to the TLC Console.

Multiple TLC user accounts can use the same External User account.

Password

Enter and confirm a password for the user account.

If the 'Authentication method' is Radius or LDAP/Active Directory, the password must consist of at least eight (8) characters, but Tripwire recommends a 12- to 14-character password consisting of numbers, symbols, uppercase letters, and lowercase letters.

If the 'Authentication method' is Internal, the password must contain:

Eight (8) to 128 characters

No spaces

Uppercase and lowercase letters

At least one numeric character (0-9)

At least one of the following characters:

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