Managing Users And Security; Managing User Accounts; Types Of Accounts; About "User" Account Permissions - Spectracom PRISMA VelaSync User Manual

4.5 Managing Users and Security
4.5

Managing Users and Security

4.5.1 Managing User Accounts
Users need to authenticate as the login to VelaSync. The system administrator is responsible for
maintaining a list of user accounts (user names, passwords etc.) via the MANAGEMENT >
OTHER: Authentication screen of the VelaSync Web UI (HTTP/HTTPS). Note that user accounts
CANNOT be created or edited via CLI commands using telnet or SSH.
4.5.1.1 Types of Accounts
There are three types of accounts:
Account
Type
"user"
"admin"
"factory" The default factory account with the username
4.5.1.2 About "user" Account Permissions
As outlined above – unlike "administrator" accounts – "user" accounts are read-only accounts,
i.e. they do not allow any editing rights and are restricted to reviewing status-related inform-
ation. Otherwise, the privileges assigned to admin groups are exactly the same whether log-
ging in via the Web UI, or connecting via SSH.
Account Differences, General
While most menus look the same to "admin" and "user" type accounts (except the
MANAGEMENT menu, see below), the screens and panels located below the main menus will
differ in such that the "user" UI will show fewer (if any) configuration options:
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These accounts are intended for users only e.g., operators. These "user" accounts are read-only
accounts, i.e. they do not allow any editing rights and are restricted to reviewing status-related
information. The Web UI will not show (or gray-out) any editing functionality.
Administrator accounts are intended to be used by system administrators. These accounts have
writing access. You can add additional admin accounts to the pre-installed administrator
account .
spadmin
Spectracom technical support personnel. You can delete this account, if you so prefer. Note,
Clean and Halt
however, that executing the
Files and Halting the System
Permissions
spfactory
Cleaning the Configuration
command (see
) will recreate the Factory account.
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