How do I configure an NSP user?

Purpose

This procedure describes how to create or modify NSP user accounts:

  • local user accounts that exist only on the NSP database

    NSP supports up to 5000 local users.

  • remote user accounts that correspond to users on remote authentication sources (LDAP, RADIUS, or TACACS).

    NSP configures remote user accounts automatically when they first login to NSP, so there is typically no need to create a remote user account.

You can modify all aspects of a local user account, except for the user name. You can also change a user’s password or compel the user to change their password.

You can modify select parameters on remote user accounts. You cannot change the user name or password on a remote user account, nor can you compel a password change.

Steps
 
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Open Users and System Security.

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Select Users from the drop-down list on the toolbar.

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Do one of the following:

  1. Click png12.png Create User.

  2. In the Users list, select a user account you want to modify.

    On the user account item, click png1.png Table Row Actions, Edit User.

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In the Create|Edit User form, specify user identification information for the account in the Identification section. The Username and User Group fields are mandatory.

Note: Any uppercase characters in the username are saved as lowercase.

The Username value:

  • can be 1 to 40 characters long

  • cannot include a space

  • cannot have a leading or trailing space

  • can include only the following special characters: @ _ - .

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Set the Account State for the user to Active|Suspended.

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Select a user group for the user from the User Group drop-down list.

If no user groups are available, you will need to create one; see How do I configure a user group?.

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Specify an Email Address for the account.

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In the Session Configuration section, you can set user account-specific override values for the maximum number of simultaneous NSP GUI sessions and OSS sessions. The override values replace the global maximum sessions settings configured in the NSP Users and Security Settings.

  • To override global GUI session limits, enable the Override Global GUI Max Sessions check box and specify the override value in the User Max GUI Sessions field. A zero value means no GUI access for the user.

  • To override global OSS session limits, enable the Override Global OSS Max Sessions check box and specify the override value in the User Max OSS Sessions field. A zero value means no OSS access for the user.

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In the Password section, specify and confirm a password for the user account.

Note: The NSP does not support case-sensitive user names; local and remote user names are saved in lowercase. User name entry at sign-in is case-insensitive.

  • If you want this password to be temporary, enable the Force User to Change Password option. The new user will be forced to change their password when they first login to NSP.

  • Enable the Show Password option to see the password characters as you type them.

  • Click on the Password Requirements link to view a list of minimum security requirements for the password.

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Click Create.

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In an NSP deployment that includes the NFM-P, the NFM-P requires a user group with the same name as the NSP user group; otherwise, the NSP user cannot:

  • Open an NFM-P client.

  • View NSP GUI alarms that quote NFM-P as the source.

  • Open some NSP GUI fault-management views.

If your NSP deployment includes the NFM-P, and the NFM-P does not have a user group with the same name as the NSP user group, perform How do I create an NFM-P user group?.

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