Adding Users - Digi PortServer CM User Manual

Invoking Menus
Shell Users
From the command shell, simply enter menu. If the global menu, menu.xml, specifies a menu for the user,
that menu will be automatically invoked. If no menu is specified, the default menu will be invoked.
Menu Users
When a user is assigned to the menu interface (see "Adding Users" on page 3-6), the user's menu is
displayed after they login. If the global menu, menu.xml, specifies a menu for the user, that menu will be
automatically invoked. If no menu is specified, the default menu will be invoked. The Menu-only user is
prevented from escaping to the command line.

Adding Users

Use this procedure to set up a user so that they are required to use a menu and have no command line access:
1. Open the Web Management Interface in a browser and log in as root.
2. Choose System Users from the Configuration section of the navigation bar.
Note: If there is already an entry for the user you wish to restrict, you must delete the entry before con-
tinuing - entries may not be edited.
3. Choose Add User.
4. Fill in the fields for user name, password and home directory as desired; in the Shell field, enter /bin/
menu and choose Submit.
If the Shell field is not set to /bin/menu, the user is presented with the command line. To assure the
users are presented with a menu after they log in, fill in the Shell field with /bin/menu. The
menu.xml file links the username to the appropriate menu.
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