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Manage security settings

This section describes how to manage the security settings on the domain. 

Manage roles

To add, edit and remove roles:

  1. On the Domain admin tab, click Security management.

    The Security management workbench appears.

  2. Click the Roles tab.

  3. To add a role, click Add role.

  4. To edit a role, select the role and then click Edit role.

  5. In the dialog box:

    1. Type a Name and a Description.

    2. Select a privilege and then click add-arrow.png to add a privilege or remove-arrow.png to remove a privilege.

    3. Click Apply.

Manage privileges

Privileges are normally automatically added to the domain when upgrading the server. When installing a new version of Snow Device Manager on an old server some privileges may have to be added. Before adding a privilege, contact Snow Support. To add a privilege:

  1. On the Domain admin tab, click Security management.

    The Security management workbench appears.

  2. Click the Privileges tab.

  3. To add a privilege:

  4. Click Add privilege.

    The Create a privilege dialog box appears.

  5. Type a name in the Name box and then click Apply.

Edit account lock settings

To lock accounts on failed login attempts:

  1. Select the Enable lock account check box.

  2. Type the number of failed login attempts which will lock the account in the Lock account after # of failed login attempts box.

  3. Type the number of minutes the account should be locked in the Lock account for # of minutes box.

Set password policy

To enforce a password policy for this domain:

  1. Select the Enable password policy check box.

  2. Type the restrictions for the password in the Password policy boxes.

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