Managing User Accounts

A user account is required to log in to the Avalanche Console. User accounts allow you to define who can access components and perform tasks. Each user is assigned to a home location, which defines the locations the user has authority to manage.

There are two types of accounts: Administrator and Normal. An Administrator account can access and modify all the configurations in Avalanche associated with its home location or any sub-locations. A Normal account is assigned to specific locations or profiles and can only view or make changes in its assigned areas.

Note:   Avalanche is installed with a default Administrator account named amcadmin with the password admin. Wavelink recommends you create a new password for this account once you log in.

When a Normal account is created, you can assign permissions to that account. These permissions can apply to all profiles of a type (for example, all alert profiles), to specific tools (for example, Remote Control), or location management and synchronization. If you want to assign permissions on a profile-by-profile basis, you also have the option to authorize the user for individual profiles.

As an alternative to assigning permissions to each Normal account, you can assign permissions to a user group. Each Normal account that is part of the user group will have the permissions which are assigned to the group. If a user is removed from the group, he will no longer have the associated permissions. A Normal account can belong to more than one user group at a time.

If your network uses Active Directory or LDAP for user access, you can set up integrated logon for Avalanche. Avalanche will accept the usernames and passwords accepted on your network. Guest accounts must be disabled on the computer where Avalanche is installed.

This section provides the following information about user accounts:

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