NetLinx Security within the Web Server
60 NI-3101-SIG Signature Series NetLinx Integrated Controller
Adding a new User
The information entered within this page can be used by Modero touch panels to verify and establish a
secure connection by encrypting the data being transmitted between the Master and the panel. This
information must be entered into the System Connection page of the panel’s firmware.
1. Click the User Level link (from within the Security section of the Navigation frame) to open the
Manage Users page.
2. Click the New button to be transferred to the Configure User Properties page (FIG.38).
3. From within the User Security Details section, enter a unique name for the new group. The name
must be a valid character string consisting of 4 - 20 alpha-numeric characters. The usernames
administrator and NetLinx cannot be used since they already exist.
4. From within the Group drop-down list, choose from a list of pre-configured Groups and associate
these rights to the new user.
5. Enable any additional security access rights you want to provide to the user. By default, all of these
options are disabled.
6. Enter a user password within both the Passw ord and Pa sswo rd Confirm fields. This password is a
valid character string (4 - 20 alpha-numeric characters) that is used to supplement the username/ID
in defining the potential client. The string is case sensitive.
7. From within the User Directory Associations section, place a checkmark next to the directories (on
the target Master) to provide an authorized user with access rights to them.
8. Click the Update button to save the changes to the target Master. A “User added successfully”
notice is displayed at the top of the page if the page parameters have no errors.
Configure Users Properties Page (Cont.)
Feature Description
User Security Details (Cont.):
Encrypt ICSP Connection • This selection enables encryption of the ICSP communication.
• This checkbox is greyed-out until ICSP Access is enabled.
Password/Password Confirm Enter a password for the new user.
• A user password is a valid character string (4 - 20
alpha-numeric characters) that is used to supplement the
username/ID in defining the potential client. The string is case
sensitive and must be unique.
• If this field is left blank (during a user modification) the current
password is left unchanged.
• If a new alpha-numeric string is entered during modification of
the user, it becomes incorporated as the new password after
pressing the OK button.
User/Directory Associations: •Provides an authorized user with a view of current directories
on the target Master that are available to the selected group.
• A Directory Association is a path that defines the directories
and files a particular user or group can access via the Web
Server on the NetLinx Master.
• The displayed folders are the directory pathnames present on
the target Master.
Any properties possessed by groups (ex: access rights, update rights, directory
associations, etc.) are inherited by users assigned to that particular group.
Unchecking a security option (which is available within the associated group) does
not remove that right from the user. The only way to remove a group’s available
security right from a target user is to either NOT associate a group to a user or to alter
the security rights of the group being associated.