Users

The Users object is a child of the MetaSwitch object and a child of the Element Management System object. There is a single instance of the Users object below each instance of the MetaSwitch object and one instance of the Users object below the Element Management System object. (Note that there may be multiple MetaSwitch objects but there is only a single Element Management System object). Therefore, there is a Users object for each NE in your installation and for the EMS Server.

The Users object groups the types of users that have access to information on the NE (if the parent object is a MetaSwitch object) or the EMS Server (if the parent object is the Element Management System object).

There are three types of users:

Only Billing Users and Craft Users may access information on an NE. Therefore, a Users object that is the child of a MetaSwitch object has two child objects, Billing Users and Craft Users.

Only EMS Users and Craft Users may access information on the EMS Server. Therefore the Users object that is the child of the Element Management System object has two child objects, EMS Users and Craft Users.

The Users object also contains fields used to specify the default password expiry period and the default number of failed login attempts that will cause a user to be locked out of the system. These may be overridden for individual users on the appropriate Billing User, Craft User or EMS User object.


Parameter

Access

Description
Default password expiry period Change Specifies the default number of days that a password may be used before it expires. (Passwords expire at midnight, so this time is counted from midnight at the end of the day on which the password is set.) If a user's password is not changed before this time, the user will be prompted to change the password the next time he or she logs in. Note that billing users cannot change their passwords; they will be locked out if the password is not changed within this time. A value of 0 (zero) means that the password never expires.
Default login failures before lockout Change Specifies the default number of login failures a user may make between good logins before he or she is locked out. A value of 0 (zero) means that the user will never be locked out because of failed logins.