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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.