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You can create, modify, or delete user accounts on remote sites.
To create, modify, or delete user accounts on a branch office from the
regional office associated with the branch, you must use the Site Id
attribute. Furthermore, the Authentication and Directory service on
the target system must be available (a port must be open in the
firewall on the branch).
To create, modify, or delete user accounts on a remote office from a
regional office, you must use the Site Id attribute and the Host Name
attribute (specifying the IP address of the remote system).
Furthermore, the Authentication and Directory service on the target
system must be available (a port must be open in the firewall on the
remote system).
To us e t he user-MAC command:
1Log into the primary VCX server using the cworks account.
2Enter the following command:
cd /opt/3com/VCX/vcxdata/bin
You can now enter the user-MAC command in either single user mode or
batch mode. See the sections in this chapter for a description of each
Phone Address
(extension)
Mandatory. Specifies the phone extension to be assigned to
the user account.
The specified number must be unique on the Call Processor.
Site Id Optional. Specifies the site identifier assigned to the location
hosting the account. This ID is specified during VCX software
installation procedure.
Host Name Optional. Specifies the IP address, in dotted decimal
notation, of an Authentication and Directory server.
Phone Profile Optional. Specifies the phone profile to be used by the
account.
All phones must be assigned a phone profile. If no profile is
specified, the phone is assigned to the default phone profile.
1When the add transaction executes, there can be no other user with the same name in the
database.
Table13 User Account Attributes (continued)
Attribute Description