Local Users

You can configure the SLC to use local accounts to authenticate users who attempt to log in via SSH, Telnet, the web interface, or the console port.

To add an authenticated user:

1.    Complete the following login fields:

Enable Local Users

Select to enable all local users except sysadmin. The sysadmin is always available regardless of how you set the check box.

Complex Passwords

Select to enable the SLC to enforce rules concerning the password structure (e.g., alphanumeric requirements, number of characters, punctuation marks). Disabled by default.

Complexity rules:

Passwords must be at least eight characters long.

They must contain one upper case letter (A-Z), one lower case letter (a-z), one digit ( 0-9), and one punctuation character (()`~!@#$%%^&*-+=\{}[]:;"'<>,.?/_).

Login

The name the user enters to log in to the SLC. May have up to 32 alphanumeric characters.

UID

A unique numeric identifier you assign to each user. Valid values are 101-65535.

Password and

Retype Password

When a user logs into the SLC, the SLC prompts for a password (up to 20 characters). The sysadmin establishes that password here.

Enable for Dial-back

Select to grant a local user dial-back access. Users with dial-back access can dial into the SLC and enter their login and password. Once the SLC authenticates them, the modem hangs up and dials them back. Disabled is the default.

Dial-back Number

The phone number users are dialed back on depends on the Dial-back Number setting for the device port. The user will either be dialed back on a fixed number specified on the Device Port - Settings page), or on a number that is associated with the user’s login (specified here).

User Rights

Select a user from the table and click the Settings link.

 

  1. Enter information about the specific functions the user will be permitted to access:

Escape Sequence

A series of one to ten characters that cause the SLC to leave direct (interactive) mode. (To leave listen mode, press any key.)

A suggested value is Esc+A (escape key, then uppercase "A" performed quickly but not simultaneously). You would specify this value as \x1bA, which is hexadecimal (\x) character 27 (1B) followed by an A.

This setting allows the user to terminate the connect direct command on the command line interface when the endpoint of the command is deviceport, tcp, or udp.

Break
Sequence

A series of one to ten characters that allow you to send a break signal to the external device.

A suggested value is Esc+B (escape key, then uppercase "B" performed quickly but not simultaneously). You would specify this value as \x1bB, which is hexadecimal (\x) character 27 (1B) followed by a B.

Custom Menu

If you have created custom menus (on the CLI), you can select a custom menu to assign to the user.

Note: In the Local Users table, if the menu assigned to a local user no longer exists, it is marked with an asterisk (*).

Listen Ports

The device ports that the user may access to view data using the connect listen command. Enter the port numbers or the range of port numbers (for example, 1, 5, 8, 10-15). U and L denote the PC Card upper and lower slots.

Data Ports

The device ports with which the user may interact using the connect direct command.  Enter the port numbers or the range of port numbers.

Clear Port Buffers

The device port buffers the users may clear using the set locallog clear command. Enter the port numbers or the range of port numbers.

 

  1. Click the Add/Edit User button. The new user displays at the bottom of the Local Users list.

  2. To save, click Apply.

Notes:

Shortcuts: 

To add a user based on an existing user:

1.       In the Local Users list, select the user. The fields in the top part of the page display the current values for the user.

2.       Change the Login to the Login of the new user.  It is best to change the Password too.

3.       Click the Add/Edit User button. A new user is created with the original user’s settings.

4.       Click the Apply button.

To edit a local user:

1.       In the Local Users list, select the user. The fields in the top part of the page display the current values for the user.

2.       Update values as desired.

3.       Click the Add/Edit User button. The updated values display in the Local Users list.

4.       To save, click Apply.

To delete a local user:

1.       In the Local Users list, select the user. The fields in the top part of the page display the current values for the user.

2.       Click the Delete User button.

3.       To save, click Apply.

 

See Also

User Authentication Methods

Local User Rights