Configuring A User; Creating A New User - Digi PortServer II User Manual

Configuring a User

For each PortServer II you can configure between one and 64 users, and a password
for each user. These users typically have their own logins, and do not have access to
the PortServer II configuration options. Users may log in via dial-up links or at termi-
nals. The configuration options available depend on their method of access, as
described below.
If you do not have users connecting to your PortServer II (for example, if you are
using it as a printer server), you can ignore the rest of this chapter.
Note: If a user can log in by more than one method (for example, through a local ter-
minal or a dial-up link), you must create a user profile for each.

Creating a new user

You must create an account for each user who can connect through PortServer II, and
configure their basic access and network parameters as follows:
1. Create a user by entering a command in the format:
set user name=<user_name>
<user_name> would typically be the same user name as on your host systems.
For example, to create a user called Bill, enter:
set user name=Bill
PortServer II displays the list of basic access parameters that you will configure
for the user. If this is a new user, default settings are shown for the parameters, as
shown below:
User 1
Access:
CommandLine=off
AutoConnect=off
NetService=off
Menu=off
DefaultAccess=CommandLine
AccessTime=
AutoPort=20513
2. Enter commands to configure the Basic Access parameters for the user, by enter-
ing commands in the format:
set user name=Bill <parameter>=<value>
You can include more than one parameter in each command. For example:
90030500B
Name=Bill
Password=off
SessionTimeout=86400
IdleTimeout=86400
MaxPorts=64
AutoService=Default
Basic Configuration
Ports=00000000 00000000 (1-16)
0x0x0x00 00000000 (17-32)
00000000 00000000 (33-48)
00000000 00000000 (49-64)
AutoHost=199.186.118.253
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