Manage Users
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Go to Configuration->Security->Manage Users
This menu allows the user to change the user accounts on the camera. By default, the camera only has the admin account which has all rights/authorities. Additional accounts can be created from this screen. Below is a screenshot of the manage users screen:
Add User: This button allows the user to add a new user to the camera.
Modify: This button allows the user to modify the user account selected in the table.
Delete: This button allows the user to delete an user account. Note: The admin account cannot be deleted.
User Name: This column shows existing usernames.
Group name: This column shows the which user groups the existing user belongs to. Below is an explanation of the fields on the promoted window when the user add/modify the user.
User Name: This field allows the user to create new accounts.
Password: This field allows the user to create a password for the new account.
Confirm password: This field ask the user to fill out the password again to confirm the password of the new account.
Group Name: This dropdown box allows the user to select the account groups: administrator, operator and viewer. They have the different right like the below:
Administrator: it’s the camera’s administrator who has the full right or permission to access and operate all functionalities of the camera.
Operator: the operator can do the functionalities which are authorized by administer but not including creating new account and modifying other account’s password. Operator can modify its own password.
Viewer: the viewer cannot make any operation, only can view the video in live view, the viewer cannot see all configurations in the camera when he accesses the camera.
Authority list: the functionalities list which will be authorized by the administrator.
