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User certificates
Certificates may be changed only for internal authentication users. If the system certificate policy is
enabled for user certificates (see System certificate policy and trust store on page 26), the user
certificate used at login must meet the policy requirements.
As an alternative to using this method, the user may change the certificate in the profile settings,
but only if the administrator has enabled a global setting to allow it. See Specifying a user
certificate on page 18.
To change the certificate associated with a user:
1. Click the Users tab.
2. Click on a username. The User Name window will open.
3. Click Credentials in the side navigation bar and then click Certificate. The User Certificate
window will open. If a certificate has failed a test required in the system certificate policy, the
failure information is displayed.
4. Type the path and name of the certificate or browse to the certificate location.
5. Click Save and then click Close.
User SSH key
A configurable SSH key may be used by a CCM appliance to authenticate a DSView 3 software
user who is using an out of band client (for example, someone using a PuTTY SSH client that was
not started by the DSView 3 software). The user supplies the public/private SSH key when
connecting to the CCM appliance (only RSA keys with a maximum length of 1024 bits are
allowed).The appliance then verifies the public key against the one stored for the user in the
DSView 3 software.
As an alternative to using this method, the user may specify the SSH key in the profile settings, but
only if the administrator has enabled a global setting to allow it. See Specifying an SSH key on
page 19.
To specify a user SSH key:
1. Click the Users tab.
2. Click on a username. The User Name window will open.
3. Click Credentials in the side navigation bar and then click SSH Key. The User SSH Key
window will open.
4. Type the 1-256 character name of the file containing the public SSH key that was generated by
a third party key generator or browse to the file location.
5. Click Save and then click Close. The SSH key file will be uploaded to the DSView 3 software
server for use in authenticating the user.
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