Managing Administrator Accounts

Configure administrator accounts to give InterScan™ Messaging Security Appliance (IMSA) administrators different levels of access. When you log on to the Web management console using the default account, you have full control over IMSA, including the ability to delete other administrator accounts. Other administrator accounts can be given root-level control by assigning full permissions and authority to them.

To create an administrator account:

  1. Choose Administration > Admin Accounts.

  2. Click Add. The configuration screen for that account appears.

  3. Set the authentication and permissions.

    1. Click the Permissions tab.

    2. Select Full, Read, or None for each of the following access areas that appear on the IMSA Web management console menu:

      • Summary

      • Policy

      • IP Filtering

      • Reports

      • Logs

      • Quarantine & Archive

      • Administration

    1. Click Save.

     

    1. Select Enable account.

    2. Select an authentication type:

    • IMSA Authentication—Type the username, new password, and the new password confirmation. The password must be between 4 and 32 alphanumeric characters.

    • LDAP authentication—Type the LDAP username.

    1. Click Save.

     

    Choosing IMSA authentication allows IMSA to manage the administrator account such as changing password. If you choose LDAP authentication, account related tasks such as the changing of password are managed by the LDAP server.

     

     

  4. Click Save.

 

1. Only the default administrator account can add new administrator accounts. Delegate administrator accounts cannot do so even if you assign full permission to the administration area.

2. Delegate administrator account with full administration rights can only change their own IMSA passwords. If you forget the default administrator account password, please contact Trend Micro technical support to reset the password.

 

To delete an administrator account:

  1. Choose Administration > Admin Accounts.

  2. Select the check box next to the account that you want to delete.

  3. Click Delete.

 

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