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 > OTHER: Authentication
screen of the VelaSync Web UI
(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
Permissions
"user"
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.
"admin"
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
spadmin
.
"factory" The default factory account with the username
spfactory
is meant to provide
access to Spectracom technical support personnel. You can delete this account, if you
so prefer. Note, however, that executing the
Clean and Halt
ing the Configuration Files and Halting the System
) will recreate the Factory
account.
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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