Add/ Edit Users - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 4: Serial Port, Device and User Configuration
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Add/ Edit Users

The Administrator uses this menu selection to set up, edit and delete users and to define the access permissions for each of
these users.
Users can be authorized to access specified Console Server serial ports and specified network-attached hosts. These users can
also be given full Administrator status (with full configuration and management and access privileges).
To simplify user set up, they can be configured as members of Groups. There are two Groups set up by default (admin and
user)
1. Membership of the admin group provides the user with full Administrator privileges. The admin user (Administrator) can
access the Console Server using any of the services which have been enabled in System: Services e.g. if only HTTPS has
been enabled then the Administrator can only access the Console Server using HTTPS. However once logged in they can
reconfigure the Console Server settings (e.g. to enabled HTTP/Telnet for future access). They can also access any of
the connected Hosts or serial port devices using any of the services that have been enabled for these connections. But
again the Administrator can reconfigure the access services for any Host or serial port. So only trusted users should have
Administrator access.
Note: For convenience the SDT Connector "Retrieve Hosts" function retrieves and auto-configures checked serial ports and
checked hosts only, even for admin group users
2. Membership of the user group provides the user with limited access to the Console Server and connected Hosts and
serial devices. These Users can access only the Management section of the Management Console menu and they have
no command line access to the Console Server. They also can only access those Hosts and serial devices that have been
checked for them, using services that have been enabled.
3. The Administrator can also set up additional Groups with specific serial port and host access permissions (same as Users).
However users in these additional groups don't have any access to the Management Console menu nor do they have any
command line access to the Console Server itself. Lastly the Administrator can also set up users who are not a member
of any Groups and they will have the same access as users in the additional groups.
To set up new Groups and new users, and to classify users as members of particular Groups:
• Select Serial & Network: Users & Groups to display the configured Groups and Users
• Click Add Group to add a new Group
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