# User Accounts

The User Accounts dialogs (SANbox2 and SANbox2-64) consist of three tab pages that you can use to add a new user account, remove an existing user account, and to change the password of an existing user. A switch can have a maximum of 15 user accounts.

To create, remove, and modify user accounts, open the Switch menu in the faceplate display, and select User Accounts.... If fabric security is enabled, your account must have Admin authority to manage user accounts. Click the Add Account tab, Remove Account tab, or Change Password tab display the tab pages.

A user account consists of the following:

* Account name

* Password

* Authority level

* Expiration date

Switches come from the factory with the following user accounts:

Account Name | Password | Admin Authority | Expiration
admin | password | True | Permanent
images | images | False | Permanent

The Admin account is for configuring the switch for the first time. After creating your own user accounts, consider changing the password for this account. The Admin account has Admin authority which means that this account can view and modify the switch and its configuration both with SANbox Manager and the Telnet command line interface. Without Admin authority, you are limited to viewing switch status and configuration. The Images account is for exchanging files with the switch using FTP.

The factory switch configuration does not enforce user accounts and passwords. This means that no account name and password are required to add a fabric and modify switch configurations. To enforce user accounts and authority, enable the SecurityEnabled parameter using the Set Setup System command in the Telnet command line interface.