Enabling and Specifying Passwords
Access-T provides password protection to limit access via the Supervisory Port.
(Connections via the Craft Port and Chain Port cannot be password-protected.)
Passwords can be defined, enabled, and disabled via the Terminal Interface.
The password may consist of up to seven characters. These characters may be
any of the standard ASCII keyboard characters, except for the carriage return
(CR) which is used to terminate the password’s keyboard entry. Characters may
include such keys as
Alt
,
Ctrl
,
Backspace
,
Escape
,
Tab
, etc.
To set a password, follow these steps:
1.
Select
SYSTEM
from the Main Menu Line.
2. Select the
PASSWORD
option.
3.
Select
SET
. The password dialog box appears at the bottom of the
display.
4.
Enter the new password name, as prompted. The password will not
be echoed on the screen. Terminate the password with by pressing
the
Enter
key.
5.
At the “RE-ENTER THE SEVEN (7) CHARACTER PASSWORD”
prompt, re-enter the same password for confirmation. Terminate the
password by pressing the
Enter
. If the two password entries match,
the display will read
ACCEPTED
. If there is a discrepancy between the
two passwords, the display will read
NOT ACCEPTED
.
Note:
If the password is lost, forgotten, or misplaced,
it will be necessary to specify a new password via the
Craft Port.
CAUTION: If passwords are enabled and a
SLIP/PPP server is brought on-line, any incom-
ing SLIP/PPP packet will be interpreted by Ac-
cess-T as an invalid password, possibly resulting
in the user being locked out from the unit for
exceeding the number of password attempts.
ACST-0351-005
Chapter 6
June 1996
Configuration Procedures
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