Working with an account

Last update: November 12 2024

Working with an account

Create an administrator account⁠

1. Click the tab System → Administrators.
2. Select Create new → System administrator.
3. Enter a name, password, and profile. A profile is a role that has a set of permissions.
4. Customize a profile or create a new one on the tab Admin Profiles.
5. Optional: set up two-factor authentication.

Change the password for the administrator account⁠

Graphical interface

1. Go to the section System → Administrators.
2. Select a user from the list admin.
3. Click Edit.
4. Select Change password and fill in the blanks.
5. Click OK.

Console interface

To change the password through the CLI, enter:

    config system admin
    edit admin
    set password <admin_password>
    end

Configure account lockout⁠

In the CLI, you can configure both the number of attempts (admin-lockout-threshold) and the waiting time after which the administrator can try to enter the password again (admin-lockout-duration).

The default admin-lockout-threshold value is 3, and the range of values is 1 to 10. The default admin-lockout-duration is set to 60 seconds, and the range of values is 1 to 4294967295 seconds.

To change via the CLI, enter:

config system global
set admin-lockout-threshold 3
set admin-lockout-duration 60
end

Rename the account⁠

You cannot edit the user name under which you are logged in.

1. Create a new administrator account.
2. Log in with the super_admin account
3. Go to System → Administrators.
4. Edit the name.