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5.2 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.
Figure 5-15. Users and Groups screen.
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 two Groups set up by default (
admin
and
user
).
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.
NOTE: For convenience, the SDT Connector “Retrieve Hosts” function retrieves and auto-configures checked serial ports and checked
hosts only, even for admin group users.
2. Members of the user
group have limited access to the
console server
and connected Hosts and serial devices. These
Users
can access
only
the Management section of the Management Console menu and they have no command line access to the
console server
. They also can
only access those Hosts and serial devices that are checked for them, using services that are enabled.
3. The
Administrator
can also set up additional Groups with specific serial port and host access permissions (same as
Users
). However, users
in these additional groups don’t have any access to the Management Console menu or any command line access to the
console server
itself. Finally, the
Administrator
can also set up users who are not a member of any Groups. They will have the same access as users in
the additional groups.
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 want any users in this new Group to be able to access.
Click Apply.
