Avalanche User Guide - Wavelink

Chapter 4: Managing User Accounts 35Chapter 4: Managing User AccountsA user account is required to log in to the Avalanche Console. User accounts allow you todefine who can access components and perform tasks. Each user is assigned to a homelocation, which defines the locations the user has authority to manage.There are two types of accounts: Administrator and Normal. An Administrator account canaccess and modify all the configurations in Avalanche associated with its home location or anysub-locations. A Normal account is assigned to specific locations or profiles and can only viewor make changes in its assigned areas.NOTE: Avalanche is installed with a default Administrator account named amcadminwith the password admin. Wavelink recommends you create a new password for thisaccount once you log in.When a Normal account is created, you can assign permissions to that account. Thesepermissions can apply to all profiles of a type (for example, all alert profiles), to specific tools(for example, Remote Control), or location management and synchronization. If you want toassign permissions on a profile-by-profile basis, you also have the option to authorize the userfor individual profiles.As an alternative to assigning permissions to each Normal account, you can assign permissionsto a user group. Each Normal account that is part of the user group will have the permissionswhich are assigned to the group. If a user is removed from the group, he will no longer havethe associated permissions. A Normal account can belong to more than one user group at atime.If your network uses Active Directory or LDAP for user access, you can set up integratedlogon for Avalanche. Avalanche will accept the usernames and passwords accepted on yournetwork. Guest accounts must be disabled on the computer where Avalanche is installed.This section provides the following information about user accounts:• Creating User Accounts• Creating User Groups• Assigning User Permissions• Assigning Authorized Users• Configuring Integrated Logon• Changing Passwords• Removing User Accounts