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Configuring Global Settings > Enabling access to the Security Manager > Editing a local account
Editing a local account
Security Manager Help | Web, Data, and Email Protection Solutions | v8.4.x
Use the Global Settings > General > Administrators page to edit the access and authentication permissions for existing local accounts.
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To change the User name, enter a unique name up to 50 characters.
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The name must be between 1 and 50 characters long, and cannot include any of the following characters:
* < > ' { } ~ ! $ % & @ # . " | \ & + = ? / ; : ,
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User names can include spaces and dashes.
2.
To change the administrator Email address, enter a valid address for the user.
This email address is used to send account information to the administrator.
3.
To reset the administrator's Password, enter and confirm a password (8-255 characters).
The password must include at least one each of the following:
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uppercase letter
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lowercase letter
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number
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special character (such as hyphen, underscore, or blank)
 
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Note 
If certificate authentication is enabled and password authentication is disabled on the General > Two-Factor Auth page, password logon is not available for the local account.
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To give the administrator full permissions across all Security Manager modules, select Global Security Administrator.
 
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Note 
Only Global Security Administrators can create other Global Security Administrators.
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To send account update information to the administrator via email, mark Notify administrator of the account changes via email.
 
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Selecting this option notifies the administrator only of the current changes being made. If you return to make further edits to this or another administrator's details, you will need to mark the option again.
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To require the administrator to change the account password the next time he or she logs on to the Security Manager, mark Force administrator to create a new password at logon.
7.
If certificate authentication is enabled on the General > Two-Factor Auth page:
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Click Certificate Authentication.
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Browse to the location of the certificate that the administrator will authenticate against when logging on to the Security Manager.
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Click Upload Certificate.
For more information, see Configuring two-factor authentication.
8.
If this is not a Global Security Administrator account, use the Module Access Permissions options to update permissions for the administrator. Choose a setting under each of the available options (Web, Data, Email) to give the administrator permissions to manage one or more of the Security Manager modules.
For each available module, choose whether the administrator has:
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No access to that module
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Only access to the module
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Both access and the ability to manage other administrators in that module
For more information, see Security Manager administrators.
 
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Administrators can assign access permissions only for the Security Manager modules to which they have management permissions.
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When you are finished making changes, click OK.

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