Adding a User
1. On the Users page, click Add....
2. On the Add User page, enter a User Name and Password for the new user.
3. In the Security Group drop-down list, select the access permissions available to this new user.
Administrator: full access to all the available features in the camera web interface.
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Operator: has access to the Live View but limited access to the Setup features. The user can
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access the General page, Image and Display page, Compression and Image Rate page, Motion
Detection page, Privacy Zones page, Digital Inputs and Outputs page, Microphone page and
the Speakers page. The new user can also configure onboard storage settings but cannot
delete video recordings or format the SD card.
User: has access to the Live View, but cannot access any of the Setup pages.
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4. Click Apply to add the user.
Editing Users and Passwords
1. On the Users page, select a user from the User Name (Security Group) list and click Modify.
2. To change the user's password, enter a new password for the user.
3. To change the user's security group, select a different group from the Security Group drop-down list.
Note: You cannot change the security group for the administrator account.
4. Click Apply to save your changes.
Removing a User
Note: You cannot remove the default Administrator user.
1. On the Users page, select a user from the User Name (Security Group) list.
2. Click Remove.
Keeping Usernames and Passwords After Firmware Revert
To add a layer of security to protect the camera from theft, you have the option of keeping the camera's
current usernames and passwords after a firmware revert.
If you have set your camera to use FIPS 140-2 encryption, we recommend that you do not choose to
keep usernames and passwords after a firmware revert. The password and username is not stored in
a FIPS 140-2 compliant manner and may affect your FIPS 140-2 compliance.
Normally if you restore the camera firmware back to the factory default settings, the camera returns to using
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