Managing Users

You can configure system administrators to ensure system data security. Only the default system super administrator can manage users, including modifying user information, deleting users, forcing users to go offline, and locking or unlocking users.

About Users

After configuring users, you can configure system security policies, manage services by permissions, and monitor and manage online users in real time.

User Roles and Permissions

eBackup system provides three user roles: Super administrator, Administrator, and Regular user. Table 1 shows the rights of each user role.

You can create a maximum of 2,000 users in an eBackup system.

**Table 1** User permissions
Role	Description
Super administrator permissions	The system provides a super administrator (admin) by default. The super administrator has all operation permissions on all resources. Other users cannot change the super administrator name, reset the super administrator password, delete or lock the super administrator, or forcibly take the super administrator offline. The super administrator can change their own login password. The super administrator can create an administrator and regular users to implement permission-based management.
Administrator	An administrator has all permissions except system settings. If you log in to the system as an administrator, you can only view your own information, operations, and events generated by the system.
Regular user	A regular user only has permissions to view system resources. If you log in to the system as a regular user, you can only view your own information, operations, and events generated by the system.

System Security Policy
System security policies contain password and login policies. For details about how to configure system security policies, see "Configuring security policies" in Related Operations.
- The password policy specifies the password length, complexity, validity period, and expiration warning period of eBackup system.
- The login policy specifies the session timeout duration, password lock, number of incorrect passwords, lock mode, and automatic unlock of eBackup system.

For details about all accounts of eBackup system, see the account list.

Related Operations

Operation	Navigation Path	Description	Key Parameters
Configuring security policies	On the navigation bar, choose > Account > Security Policy.	Background A system security policy contains password and login policies. You want to improve system security. Precautions For security purposes, you are advised to enable Password Validity Period (days), Min. Password Use Period (minutes), and Password Lock. The value of Password Expiration Reminder (days) must be less than or equal to that of Password Validity Period (days). If the latter is greater than the former, the value of Password Expiration Reminder (days) will automatically set to the value of Password Validity Period (days). The value of Min. Password Use Period (minutes) must be less than or equal to that of Password Validity Period (days). Otherwise, an error message will be displayed.	Session Timeout Duration (minutes) Session timeout duration specifies the timeout for logging in to eBackup system. If you do not perform any operation on eBackup system during the specified period of time, the session will be automatically disconnected. You need to log in to the system again before you continue to perform operations. Number of Errors Maximum number of allowed consecutive incorrect password attempts. An account will be automatically locked if the number of incorrect password attempts reaches this threshold. NOTE: This parameter is available only when Password Lock is enabled. If the account is locked, the super administrator can manually unlock it. Alternatively, wait until the account is automatically unlocked. Auto Unlock Time (minutes) Time when the system automatically unlocks an account. This parameter is available only when Password Lock is enabled. This parameter takes effect only for accounts automatically locked by the system. This parameter becomes unavailable if an administrator or a regular user is manually locked by the super administrator. In this case, the administrator can be manually unlocked only. This parameter is available to administrators and regular users. The super administrator will be automatically unlocked 15 minutes later.
Viewing user details	On the navigation bar, choose > Account > Users.	Background You want to view basic user information, including roles and lock status. Precautions The super administrator can view information about all users. Administrators and regular users can only view their own information.	Type Type of a user. The options are as follows: Local user A local user is a man-machine interaction account. The account is used to log in to eBackup system to manage backup and restore services. LDAP user An LDAP user is a man-machine interaction account (LDAP authentication). The account is used to log in to eBackup backup management system to manage backup and restore services. Interface interconnection user An interface interconnection user is a machine-to-machine interaction account. The account is used to interconnect eBackup system with other systems. eBackup provides a preset interface interconnection user. The default user name is NBIUser. The preset password is Huawei@CLOUD8!. Role User roles. For details about role types and permissions, see Table 1. NOTE: Administrators and regular users can only search themselves in the upper right corner. Lock Status Whether a user is automatically locked or is locked by the super administrator. NOTE: When the status is Locked (locked IP addresses), you can click locked IP addresses to view the locked IP addresses of nodes due to the incorrect password of the interface interconnection user.
Creating a user	On the navigation bar, choose > Account > Users. Click Create.	Background You want to create a user whose role is Administrator or Regular user to control user system operations and improve system security. Precautions Log in to the system as a super administrator.	Type User type. For details, see "Viewing user information" in Related Operations. An Interface interconnection user has the permissions of an administrator. Role User roles. For details about role types and permissions, see Table 1. For optimal service system reliability and service data security, create users based on the permission of different roles to control user operations. Password Login password of the user. By default, the password must: Contain 8 to 16 characters. Contain at least one special character. Special characters include *!"#$%&'()+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^`{_\|}~ and spaces. Contain at least two types of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits. Not contain three consecutive same characters. Not be the same as the user name or the user name in reverse order. Besides, passwords in the blacklist are invalid. The blacklist file is saved in the /opt/huawei-data-protection/ebackup/conf directory on the backup server. Passwords in the blacklist are case-insensitive. Maximum number of user connections Maximum number of sessions per user. If the value of this parameter is OFF**, the number of sessions per user is unlimited.
Modifying user details	On the navigation bar, choose > Account > Users. Hover the mouse pointer over the user to be modified, and click on the right.	Background You want to modify user details, for example, reset the passwords of administrators and regular users and change user roles. Precautions Only information of administrators and regular users can be modified. Information of the super administrator cannot be modified. If the password of a user is reset, notify the user of the new password so that the user can use the new password to log in to eBackup system. NOTE: If an interface interconnection user has been used to configure the eBackup driver, you need to reconfigure the eBackup driver after changing the password of the interface interconnection user.	None
Deleting a user	On the navigation bar, choose > Account > Users. Hover the mouse pointer over the user to be deleted, and click on the right.	Background The super administrator wants to delete an unneeded administrator or regular user. Precautions Only the super administrator can delete users. However, the super administrator cannot delete itself.	None
Forcing a user to go offline	On the navigation bar, choose > Account > Users. Hover the mouse pointer over the user to be forced to go offline, and click on the right.	Background The super administrator wants to force an administrator or a regular user to go offline. Precautions Only the super administrator can force users to go offline. However, the super administrator cannot force itself.	None
Locking a user	On the navigation bar, choose > Account > Users. Hover the mouse pointer over the user to be locked, and click on the right.	Background The super administrator wants to lock an administrator or a regular user. Precautions Only the super administrator can lock users. However, the super administrator cannot lock itself. A locked user cannot log in to eBackup system. The super administrator can lock a user in either of the following ways: Automatic locking: By setting Password Lock and Number of Attempts, the user whose password is incorrectly entered for certain consecutive times is automatically locked. For details, see configuring a security policy in Related Operations. Manual locking: The super administrator can manually lock a user. Only when the super administrator manually unlocks the user can the user log in to eBackup system again.	None
Unlocking a user	On the navigation bar, choose > Account > Users. Hover the mouse pointer over the user to be unlocked, and click on the right.	Background The super administrator wants to unlock an administrator or a regular user. Precautions The user is manually unlocked. The user can be unlocked in either of the two ways: Automatic unlocking: If Password Lock is set, the system automatically unlocks users after the locking time expires. Manual unlocking: The super administrator can manually unlock users who are automatically or manually locked.	None