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Selecting Step 4: Access displays the form shown in the following figure that enables you to add or delete user accounts and set or change existing passwords.In addition, administrative privileges can be granted to added users by adding the user accounts to an admin group, enabling them to administer the connected devices without the ability to change the configuration of the console server. By default any user can access any port as long as a valid user ID and password are used.The Access form lists the currently defined users and features Add, Change Password and Delete buttons.In the Users list by default, there is a root account that cannot be deleted. The root has access privileges to all the Web Manager’s functionality as well as access to all the serial ports on the console server.Click the Add button. The following form is displayed.
Password and Repeat Password NOTE: To configure a user to be able to perform administrative functions, select the Admin group. To define a new group, go to the Expert mode and select Security - Users and Groups. [dropdown list] Select whether the user of this group is a NonBio [Default] or a BioUser. The BioUser group should only be selected if authentication will be made through Cyclades biometric authentication. Optional. The default shell when the user makes an SSH or a Telnet connection. Choices are: sh [Default] or bash. If you click the Change Password button, the following dialog box appears.
1. Select Step 3: Access. The Access form displays.
2. Click Add. The Add User dialog box appears.
3. Enter the user name and password in the User Name and Password fields and enter the password again in the Repeat Password field.
a. To create a regular user account without administrator privileges, select Regular User [Default] from the Group pull-down menu.
b. To create an account with administrator privileges, select Admin from the Group pull-down menus.
5. Select whether the user of this group is a NonBio or a BioUser. The BioUser group should only be selected if authentication is made through the Cyclades biometric authentication.
8. Click OK.
9. Click the apply changes button.
1. Select Step 3: Access. The Access form displays.
2. Select the user name to delete.
3. Click Delete.
4. Click apply changes.CAUTION: Leaving the default root password unchanged leaves the console server and connected devices open to anyone who knows the default password and the console server’s IP address. For security reasons, change the root password from the default tslinux as soon as possible.
1. Select Step 3: Access. The Access form displays.
3. Click Change Password. The Change User Password dialog box displays.
5. Click apply changes.