Creating a New User Account
- Updated2023-08-04
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Creating a New User Account
Complete the following steps to create a new user account.
- In MAX, click the Set Permissions toolbar button to launch the Security Configuration page in a browser window.
- Click the Login button and enter admin in the User name field.
- Leave the Password field blank if you have not changed the default password, or enter the current password.
- Click the New User button to create a new user account.
- Replace the default user name with your own user name in the Username field.
- Enter a secure password in the New Password field.
- Re-enter your password in the Re-type New Password field.
- (Optional) Enter a description of the new user account in the Comments field.
- Place checkmarks in the checkboxes corresponding to each group you want the new user account to belong to in the Group(s) field.
- Place checkmarks in the checkboxes corresponding to each permission you want the new user account to have in the Permission(s) field.
- Click the Save button.
- Click the Upload Changes button to save the changes to the system.
- Return to MAX and login using the new username and password.
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Tip To create a safe account for a non-administrator user, enable only the minimum set of permissions required to perform that user's tasks. For a description of each permission, click the Help button at the top-right corner of the Security Configuration page. |
For more information about setting permissions, click Help on the Security Configuration page.