# Manage Users

## Manage Users

* Go to Configuration->Security->Manage Users

This menu allows the user to change the user accounts on the camera. By default, the camera only has the admin account which has all rights/authorities. Additional accounts can be created from this screen. Below is a screenshot of the manage users screen:

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## Explanation

* **Add User**: This button allows the user to add a new user to the camera. 
* **Modify**: This button allows the user to modify the user account selected in the table. 
* **Delete**: This button allows the user to delete an user account. Note: The admin account cannot be deleted. 
* **User Name**: This column shows existing usernames.
* **Group name**: This column shows the which user groups the existing user belongs to. Below is an explanation of the fields on the promoted window when the user add/modify the user. 
* **User Name**: This field allows the user to create new accounts. 
* **Password**: This field allows the user to create a password for the new account. 
* **Confirm password**: This field ask the user to fill out the password again to confirm the password of the new account. 
* **Group Name**: This dropdown box allows the user to select the account groups: administrator, operator and viewer. They have the different right like the below:
* **Administrator**: it’s the camera’s administrator who has the full right or permission to access and operate all functionalities of the camera. 
* **Operator**: the operator can do the functionalities which are authorized by administer but not including creating new account and modifying other account’s password. Operator can modify its own password. 
* **Viewer**: the viewer cannot make any operation, only can view the video in live view, the viewer cannot see all configurations in the camera when he accesses the camera. 
* **Authority list**: the functionalities list which will be authorized by the administrator.