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4.2 Add/ Edit Users
The
Administrator
uses this menu selection to set up, edit, and delete users, and to define the access
permissions for each of these users.
Users
can be authorized to access specified
console server
serial ports and specified network-‐attached
hosts. These users can also be given full
Administrator
status (with full configuration and management
and access privileges).
To simplify user set up, they can be configured as members of Groups. There are six Groups set up by
default (
admin
and
user
).
admin
Provides users with unlimited configuration and management privileges
pptpd
Group to allow access to the PPTP VPN server. Users in this group will have
their password stored in clear text.
dialin
Group to allow dialin access via modems. Users in this group will have their
password stored in clear text.
ftp
Group to allow ftp access and file access to storage devices
pmshell
Group to set default shell to pmshell
users
Provides users with basic management privileges
Note:
1.
Members of the
admin
group have full
Administrator
privileges. The
admin
user
(
Administrator
) can access the
console server
using any of the services that are enabled in
System: Services
. For example, if only HTTPS has been enabled, then the
Administrator
can
only access the
console server
using HTTPS. Once logged in, they can reconfigure the
console server
settings (for example, to enabled HTTP/Telnet for future access). They can
also access any of the connected Hosts or serial port devices using any of the services that
have been enabled for these connections. The
Administrator
can reconfigure the access
services for any Host or serial port. Only trusted users should have
Administrator
access.
