Managing Users And Security; Managing User Accounts; Types Of Accounts; About "User" Account Permissions - Spectracom VelaSync 1232 User Manual

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 >
(HTTP/HTTPS). Note that user accounts CANNOT be created or edited via CLI com-
mands 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 information. Otherwise, the privileges assigned to admin groups are exactly the
same whether logging 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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OTHER: Authentication
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 review-
ing status-related information. The Web UI will not show (or gray-out) any editing func-
tionality.
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
access to Spectracom technical support personnel. You can delete this account, if you
so prefer. Note, however, that executing the
ing the Configuration Files and Halting the System
account.
4.5 Managing Users and Security
screen of the VelaSync Web UI
Permissions
spadmin .
spfactory
Clean and Halt
) will recreate the Factory
is meant to provide
Clean-
command (see
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