The user accounts page displays the currently defined FusionLayer NameSurfer user accounts and basic information about them.

On the user accounts page the following information is listed:

• Name
  The designated name for the user account. Each account name is a link to the user page for that particular user account


• First name
  First name for the person accessing the user account


• Last name
  Last name for the person accessing the user account


• Description
  A short description of the group which makes identifying a certain group and administering it easier


• Status
  The user account's current status. A disabled user account cannot log in to the system. User accounts can be enabled or disabled by users who belong to a group which has modifying rights to Users.
  If the user is currently logged in, it will be display after accounts current status as (Logged in)

FusionLayer NameSurfer supports simultaneous access by multiple users from multiple locations. Each user can be assigned one or several group memberships: the actual rights for a particular user account is a combination of all the groups that the particular user account belongs to. For example, the group membership can give it's members permission to examine and change the DNS data maintained using FusionLayer NameSurfer.

These user accounts are separate from the UNIX user accounts of the server machine - they are created and configured within FusionLayer NameSurfer itself, not through /etc/passwd.

In order to add a new user account, select Create new user in the navigation. This will bring up an empty user page to fill in the necessary information.

User accounts page also contains tools which allow you to flexibly make mass changes to the user accounts in FusionLayer NameSurfer. With each tool you may search and update one or several users accounts by entering a search criteria, which may consist of a user pattern and/or an user parameter type and it's value pattern.

You may add several parameter type/value pairs to the search in order to get a more precise results by clicking Add new button in the Search criteria fieldset.

The tools are designated for the following functions:

• Remove users
  Remove one or several existing user accounts at a time.


• Add parameters
  Select a new parameter type, and enter a value for it in order to add new parameter(s) for existing user account(s).
  Some parameter types accept multiple values, which are separated by a comma (for example Columns in zone listings).
  You may add several new parameters at a time by clicking Add new button in the Enter new parameter data for the search results fieldset.


• Remove Parameters
  Select a parameter type to be removed from the existing user account(s). You may add several parameters to be removed at a time by clicking Add new button in the Parameter data to be deleted from search results fieldset.


• Update Parameters
  Select an existing parameter type and enter a value for it in order to update parameter(s) for existing user account(s).
  Some parameter types accept multiple values, which are separated by a comma (Columns in zone listings).
  You may add several parameters to be updated at a time by clicking Add new button in the Enter new parameter data for the search results fieldset.

More help on using these functions can be found at the user accounts/groups update tools.

Change log allows you to view changes made to the user accounts by selecting a time interval and a search criteria.