Editing an Account Parent topic

Only administrators can edit accounts. Any administrator can add an account and edit or delete any other administrator account except for the system administration account. Administrators can change their account password but cannot edit or delete their own accounts.

Procedure

  1. Go to Administration → Accounts.
  2. Click the tab for the account type.
    • Local
    • Active Directory
    • SAML
  3. Configure the account status.
    • Enabled (default)
    • Disabled
  4. (Optional) To reset the password of a local account, do the following:
    Important
    Important
    Make sure you are targeting the correct account before clicking Reset.
    1. Under the Reset Password column for the target account, click Reset.
      Deep Discovery Inspector immediately resets the account password and generates a new default password.
    2. Provide the generated default password to the user. The user must change this password after logging on for the first time. For details, see Management Console Account Passwords.
  5. Click on a user name.
    The Edit Account screen appears.
  6. Select a user role.
    • Viewer (default)
    • Administrator
  7. (Optional) For viewer accounts, select Allow user to mark detections as resolved.
    For details, see Viewing All Detections.
    Note
    Note
    The default value for Allow user to mark detections as resolved is unselected.
  8. Click Save.
    Deep Discovery Inspector updates the account information in the table in the Accounts screen.