NetLinx Security with a Terminal Connection
Main Security Menu
The Main Security menu is described below:
Main Security Menu
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1) | Set system security options for | This selection will bring up the Security Options Menu |
| NetLinx Master | that allows you to change the security options for the |
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| NetLinx Master (refer to the Security Options |
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| Menu section on page 76 for details). These are "global" |
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| options that enable rights given to users and groups. For |
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| instance, if you want to disable Telnet security for all |
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| users, you would simply go to this menu and disable |
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| Telnet security for the entire master. This would allow any |
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| user, whether they have the rights to Telnet or not. These |
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| options can be thought of as options to turn on security |
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| for different features of the NetLinx Master. |
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2) Display system security options for | This selection will display the current security options for | |
| NetLinx Master | the NetLinx Master. |
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3) | Add user | This selection will prompt you for a user name and |
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| password for a user you would like to create. After the |
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| user is added, you will be taken to the Edit User Menu to |
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| setup the new users rights (see the Edit User |
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| Menu section on page 78 for details). |
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4) | Edit user | This selection will prompt you select a user. Once you |
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| have selected the user you want to edit, it will take you to |
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| the Edit User Menu so you can edit the user's rights (see |
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| the Edit User Menu section on page 78 for details). |
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5) | Delete user | This selection will prompt you select a user to delete. |
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6) | Show the list of authorized users | This selection displays a list of users. |
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7) | Add group | This selection will prompt you for a group name fro a |
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| group you would like to create. After the group is added, |
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| you will be taken to the Edit Group Menu to setup the new |
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| users right (see the Edit Group Menu section on page 80 |
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8) | Edit group | This selection will prompt you select a group. Once you |
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| have selected the group you want to edit, it will take you to |
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| the Edit Group Menu so you can edit the group's rights |
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| (see the Edit Group Menu section on page 80 for details). |
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9) | Delete group | This selection will prompt you select a group to delete. A |
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| group can only be deleted if there are no users assigned |
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10) | Show list of authorized groups | This selection displays a list of groups. |
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11) | Set Telnet Timeout in seconds | This selection allows you to set the time a telnet session |
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| waits for a user to login. When a Telnet client connects to |
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| the NetLinx Master, it is prompted for a user name. If the |
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| client does not enter a users name for the length of time |
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| set in this selection, the session will be closed by the |
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| NetLinx Master. |
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12) | Display Telnet Timeout in seconds | This selection allows you to display the time a telnet |
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| session waits for a user to login. |
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13) | Make changes permanent by saving to | When changes are made to the security settings of the |
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| automatically saved permanently into flash. This selection |
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| saved the current security settings into flash. Also, if you |
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| attempt to exit the Main Security Menu and the security |
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| settings have changed but not made permanent, you will |
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| be prompted to save the settings at that time. |
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