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CHAPTER 5: SERIAL PORT, HOST DEVICE AND USER CONFIG
Specify which Group (or Groups) you wish the user to be a member of.
Add a confirmed Password for each new user.
NOTE: A user’s Password can contain up to 254 characters. There are no restrictions on what characters are allowed in a
password.
SSH pass-key authentication can be used. This is more secure than password-based authentication. Paste the public keys of
authorized public/private keypairs for this user in the Authorized SSH Keys field
Check Disable Password Authentication if you wish to only allow public key authentication for this user when using SSH.
Check Enable Dial-Back in the Dial-in Options menu to allow an out-going dial-back connection to be triggered by logging into this
port.
Enter the Dial-Back Phone Number to call-back when the user logs in.
Check specific Accessible Hosts and 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 (that is,
power on and 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 user number; nor on the number of users per serial port or host. So multiple users (Users
and Administrators) can control or monitor a port or host. Similarly, there are no specific limits on the group number and
users can be a member of a number of Groups (and gain the cumulative access privileges of each Group). 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 cannot use the
Management Console to manage ports).
NOTE: While there are no specific limits, the time to re-configure does increase as the number and complexity increases. The
aggregate number of users and groups should be kept under 250.
The Administrator can also edit the access settings for any existing users:
Select Serial & Network > Users & Groups and click Edit to modify User access privileges.
Alternatively click Delete to remove the user or Disable to temporarily block access.
NOTE: For more on enabling the SDT Connector so each user has secure tunneled remote RPD/VNC/Telnet/HHTP/HTTPS/SoL
access to the network connected hosts, see Chapter 7.
5.3 AUTHENTICATION
See Chapter 10 for authentication configuration details.
5.4 NETWORK HOSTS
To monitor and remotely access a locally networked computer or device (referred to as a Host) identify the Host and specify the
TCP or UDP ports/services used to control that Host.
Select Serial & Network > Network Hosts.
