Lindy MC5-IP manual Registering users edit user list, To create/edit user accounts

Registering users (edit user list)

To create/edit user accounts

1Display the Configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user.

2 Highlight ‘Edit User List’ and press .

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Ins-AddDel-Delete

F1-CloneEnter-Edit

-Select

Esc-Quit

3Either:

•Create a new account - Press , enter a new user name and press , or

•Edit an existing account - Highlight the required user name and press Edit the name, if appropriate, and/or press .

4Enter or edit the password with regard to the following:

•The password can be up to 12 characters long.

•The password can use letters, numerals and/or certain punctuation marks.

•The password field can remain blank to allow open access to this account.

5 Press to display the ‘Edit Access Rights’ menu.

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Edit access rights	01	+
Computer 1
Computer 2	02	+	Cross markers indicate which
Computer 3	03	+
			computers will be accessible to the
Computer 4	04
			currently selected user. To change
Computer 5	05
		+	the permission state: Highlight a
Computer 6	06		computer and press the space bar.
Computer 7	07	+
Computer 8	08
Space-Toggle	Enter-Save
F1-All	F2-None
Esc-Quit	F3-Find

Here you can determine which of the connected computers can be accessed by the selected user account. Only computers that show the ‘+’ marker to the right of the menu box will be accessible to the user account.

Note: The Port Direct feature (which allows interconnected switching units to talk to one another) ensures that users without access rights to particular computers cannot move sideways to those computers via other computers.

Note: Access rights for user accounts to particular computers can also be controlled from the ‘Edit Computer List’ menu.

6Select and deselect computers as follows:

•Individual computer - Highlight a computer name, then press to apply, or remove, a ‘+’ marker.

•Access to all computers – Press

•Access to no computers – Press

7When all settings have been made, press to save and exit. Press to return to the ‘Configuration Menu’.

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