7Configuring user accounts and privilegesYou can setup user accounts with specific privileges (role-based authority) to manage your system using iDRAC and maintainsystem security. By default iDRAC is configured with a local administrator account. This default user name is root and the passwordis calvin. As an administrator, you can setup user accounts to allow other users to access iDRAC.You can setup local users or use directory services such as Microsoft Active Directory or LDAP to setup user accounts. Using adirectory service provides a central location for managing authorized user accounts.iDRAC supports role-based access to users with a set of associated privileges. The roles are administrator, operator, read only, ornone. The role defines the maximum privileges available.Related linksConfiguring local usersConfiguring Active Directory usersConfiguring generic LDAP usersRecommended characters in user names and passwordsThis section provides details about the recommended characters while creating and using user names and passwords.Use the following characters while creating user names and passwords:NOTE: For recommended characters while accessing network shares, see Table 18. Recommended characters whileaccessing network shares.Table 16. Recommended characters for user namesCharacters Length0-9A-Za-z- ! # $ % & ( ) * / ; ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ + < = >1-16Table 17. Recommended characters for passwordsCharacters Length0-9A-Za-z' - ! " # $ % & ( ) * , . / : ; ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ + < = >1-20NOTE: You may be able to create user names and passwords that include other characters. However, to ensurecompatibility with all interfaces, Dell recommends using only the characters listed here.127
