User accounts

Each local user account is defined by a user name and password. These credentials are used to log in to the DataPower® Gateway and apply the appropriate access profile to the user account. Each user account is defined by an access level that can be one of the following types.

Group-defined

The group-defined account type establishes this user as a member of a user group. When you assign this user to a group, the user group configuration defines the access profile. When the RBM policy applies to the CLI, access to specific actions that are restricted to the admin account.

Privileged

The privileged account type is virtually the same as the admin account with the following exceptions.

• Access to specific actions that are restricted to the admin account when the RBM policy applies to the CLI.
• Access to specific application domains. By default, a privileged user can access all domains. When a privileged user is assigned to one or more application domain, this privileged user can access only these domains and can no longer access the default domain.

A privileged user cannot delete the admin account.