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Chapter 4: Serial Port, Device and User Configuration
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Click Add User to add a new user
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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 .
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Specify which Group (or Groups) you wish the user to be a member of
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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
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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)
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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 with the phone number to call-back when user logs
in
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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).
Note that 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 if users and groups be kept under 250
The Administrator can also edit the access settings for any existing users:
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Select Serial & Network: Users & Groups and click Edit for the User to be modified