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Set up a new user
A typical next step would be to set up a new user and password. For this example, we will:
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Set up a new user for that Wyse 60 terminal on Port #2; the user's login will be betty .
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Give Betty the password MeBoss , and require that she give it whenever she logs in. (That is
the default, but we will make sure it is in place.) Passwords are case-sensitive, and limited to
eight characters in length.
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Change the login prompt from the default login> to MegaCorp>.
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Set up Betty's secretary Rex as a user sharing Betty's same terminal connected to Port 2,
with the user name rex and the password wannaB .
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Set it up so that whenever Rex logs in he is connected directly to the host Corporate, without
the opportunity to manipulate the PortServer's command shell.
The PortServer software offers many automatic login and automatic connection options. The
one mentioned above is tied to a specific user ( rex ); we could also have tied it to a particular
port, but since Betty and Rex share the same terminal, that would have left Betty without
access to the PortServer command line. You will want to carefully read (in the Command
Reference chapter) the entire section on the suite of set commands (page 38) to get an idea
of all of the PortServer options.
Making the above additions/changes to the PortServer will require the newpass command,
and these set commands: set host , set logins and set users . The set command's
parameter will also come into play on some commands, to tell the PortServer soft-
range
ware that the changes we are making are to ports 1-16. (An eight-port PortServer would use
a range parameter of 1-8.)
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