12: User Authentication
SLC™ Console Manager User Guide
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To enable local and/or remote users:
2.
Enter the following:
3.
Continue to set
Local User Passwords
:
4.
Click the
Apply
button.
Adding, Editing or Deleting a User
Through this
User Authentication > Local/Remote Users
page, you can delete a user listed in the
table or open a page for adding or editing a user.
To add a user:
1.
On the
User Authentication > Local/Remote Users
, click the
Add/Edit User
button. The
Authentication > Local/Remote User > Settings
page displays.
Enable Local Users
Select to enable all local users except sysadmin. The sysadmin is always
available regardless of how you set the check box. Enabled by default.
Multiple Sysadmin
Web Logins
Select to allow the sysadmin to have multiple simultaneous logins to the web
interface. Disabled by default.
Sysadmin Access
Limited to Console
Port
Select to limit sysadmin logins to the Console Port only. Disabled by default.
Authenticate only
remote users who are
in the remote users
list
Select the check box to authenticate users listed in the Remote Users list in the
lower part of the page. Disabled by default.
Complex Passwords
Select to enable the SLC unit to enforce rules concerning the password structure
(e.g., alphanumeric requirements, number of characters, punctuation marks).
Disabled by default.
Complexity rules:
Passwords must be at least eight characters long.
They must contain one upper case letter (A-Z), one lower case letter (a-z), one
digit ( 0-9), and one punctuation character (()`~!@#$%%^&*-+=\{}[]:;"'<>,.?/_).
Allow Reuse
Select to enable users to continue to reuse old passwords. If you disable the
check box, they cannot use any of the
Reuse History
number of passwords.
Enabled by default.
Reuse History
The number of passwords the user must use before reusing an old password. The
default is
4
.
For example, if you set reuse history to 4, the user may reuse an old password
after using 4 other passwords.
Password Lifetime
(days)
The number of days until the password expires. The default setting is
90
.
Warning Period
(days)
The number of days ahead that the system warns that the user's password will
expire. The default setting is
7
.
Max Login Attempts
The number of times (up to 8) the user can attempt to log in unsuccessfully before
the system locks the user out. The default setting is
0
(disabled).
Lockout Period
(minutes)
The number of minutes (up to 90) the locked-out user must wait before trying to
log in to the web interface again. The default setting is
0
(disabled).
