Creating local user accounts
As an Administrator, you can add new local user accounts to Application Security.
You cannot create externally managed users from Application Security. These can only be provisioned using the SCIM API.
To create a Application Security user account:
Sign in as an Administrator.
On the header, select Administration.
On the navigation pane, expand Users, and then select Local Users.
In the Local Users toolbar, click +ADD.
In the CREATE NEW USER dialog box, provide the information listed in the following table.
Values for fields in the following table marked with an asterisk (*) must not start with the characters
=,-,+, or@, and must not include control characters.Field Description *Username
User name for the account.
*First Name
(Optional, but strongly recommended) First name of user.
*Last Name
(Optional, but strongly recommended) Last name of user.
*Email
(Optional) Email address of user.
Although an email address is not required, the user cannot receive email alerts and notifications unless you provide one.
Password
Password for the new user account.
The Password Strength indicator displays the relative strength of the password you entered. You can save the user account information only if the password is evaluated as strong or very strong.
Confirm Password
Password for the new user account.
User must change password at next login
Leave this check box selected to require the user to change the password at the next sign in to Application Security.
Password never expires
Select this check box to allow the user to use the originally assigned password until he or she wants to change it.
To require the user to change their password every thirty days, leave this check box cleared.
Suspended
Select this check box to suspend access to Application Security for this user account.
Roles (Optional, but strongly recommended) Select the check boxes for all roles to assign to the user account.
Although this is optional, a user who has no assigned role cannot access Application Security unless that user belongs to a local group that does have an assigned role.
Access To specify the applications that the new user can access:
If you have assigned the user account the role of Administrator or WebInspect Enterprise System, the user has universal access to all Application Security applications.
Click ADD.
From the APPLICATION list, select an application to which you want the user to have access.
The VERSIONS list in the center pane displays all active versions of the selected application.
Select the check boxes for all versions that you want the user to be able to access.
To select all versions, select the Select all check box.
The SELECTED VERSIONS pane lists the versions you have selected.
To add another application version or versions, repeat steps b and c.
Click DONE.
Do one of the following:
To save your settings and create another new user account, click SAVE AND ADD ANOTHER.
To save your settings and close the CREATE NEW USER dialog box, click SAVE.
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