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Chapter 14: Configuration from the Command Line
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Your new User will be the existing total plus 1. If the previous command gave you 0, then you start with user number 1. If you already have 1 user
your new user will be number 2, etc.
To add a user (with Username=John, Password=secret and Description=mySecondUser) issue the commands:
# config -s config.users.total=2 (assuming we already have 1 user configured)
# config -s config.users.user2.username=John
# config -s config.users.user2.description=mySecondUser
# config -P config.users.user2.password
NOTE: The -P parameter will prompt the user for a password, and encrypt it. You can encrypt the value of any config element using the -P
parameter, but only encrypted user passwords and system passwords are supported. If any other element value were to be encrypted, the
value will become inaccessible and will have to be reset.
To add this user to specific groups (admin/users):
# config -s config.users.user2.groups.group1='groupname'
# config -s config.users.user2.groups.group2='groupname2'
etc...
To give this user access to a specific port:
# config -s config.users.user2.port1=on
# config -s config.users.user2.port2=on
# config -s config.users.user2.port5=on
etc...
To remove port access:
# config -s config.users.user2.port1='' (the value is left blank)
or simply:
# config -d config.users.user2.port1
The port number can be anything from 1 to 48, depending on the available ports on the specific console server.
For example, assume we have an RPC device connected to port 1 on the console server and the RPC is configured. To give this user access to RPC
outlet number 3 on the RPC device, run the 2 commands below:
# config -s config.ports.port1.power.outlet3.users.user2=John
# config -s config.ports.port1.power.outlet3.users.total=2 (total number of users that have access to this outlet)
If more users are given access to this power outlet, then increment the 'config.ports.port1.power.outlet3.users.total' element accordingly.
To give this user access to network host 5 (assuming the host is configured):
# config -s config.sdt.hosts.host5.users.user1=John
# config -s config.sdt.hosts.host5.users.total=1 (total number of users having access to host)
To give another user called “Peter” access to the same host:
# config -s config.sdt.hosts.host5.users.user2=Peter
# config -s config.sdt.hosts.host5.users.total=2 (total number of users having access to host)
To edit any of the user element values, use the same approach as when adding user elements; that is, use the “-s” parameter. If any of the config
elements do not exist, they will automatically be created.
To delete the user called John, use the delete-node script:
# ./delete-node config.users.user2
The following command will synchronize the live system with the new configuration:
# config -r users