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Chapter 4: Serial Port, Device and User Configuration
To set up new Groups and new users, and to classify users as members of particular Groups:
• Select
Serial & Network: Users & Groups
to display the configured Groups and Users
• Click
Add Group
to add a new Group
• Add a
Group
name and
Description
for each new Group, then nominate the
Accessible Hosts, Accessible Ports
and
Accessible RPC Outlets(s)
that you wish any users in this new Group to be able to access
• Click
Apply
• Click
Add User
to add a new user
• Add a
Username
and a confirmed
Password
for each new user. You may also include information related to the user (
e.g.
contact details) in the
Description
field
Note
: The User Name can contain from 1 to 127 alphanumeric characters (however you can also use the special characters
"-" "_" and "." ). There are no restrictions on the characters that can be used in the user Password (which each can contain
up to 254 characters). However, only the first eight Password characters are used to make the
password
hash.
• Specify which
Group
(or Groups) you wish the user to be a member of
• Check specific
Accessible Hosts
and/or
Accessible Ports
to nominate the serial ports and network connected hosts you
wish the user to have access privileges to
• If there are configured RPCs you can check
Accessible RPC Outlets
to specify which outlets the user is able to control
(i.e. Power On/Off)
• Click
Apply
. The new user will now be able to access the Network Devices, Ports and RPC Outlets you nominated as
accessible plus, if the user is a Group member they can also access any other device/port/outlet that was set up as
accessible to the Group
Note
: There are no specific limits on the number of users you can set up; nor on the number of users per serial port or host.
So multiple users (Users and Administrators) can control /monitor the one port or host. Similarly there are no specific limits
on the number of Groups and each user can be a member of a number of Groups (in which case they take on the cumulative
access privileges of each of those Groups). A user does not have to be a member of any Groups (but if the
User
is not even a
member of the default
user
group then they will not be able to use the Management Console to manage ports).
However while there are no specific limits the time to re-configure does increase as the number and complexity increases so
we recommend the aggregate number of users and groups be kept under 250 (1000 for B092-016 )
The Administrator can also edit the access settings for any existing users:
• Select Serial & Network: Users & Groups and click Edit for the User to be modified
Note
: For more information on enabling the SDT Connector so each user has secure tunneled remote RPD/VNC/Telnet/HHTP/
HTTPS/SoL access to the network connected hosts refer to
Chapter 6.