Avocent SPC420 User certificates, User SSH key, To change the certificate associated with a user

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3.Type the username for the user.

4.Type the full name of the user.

5.Click Save and then click Close.

User certificates

Certificates may be changed only for internal authentication users. If the system certificate policy is enabled for user certificates (see System certificate policy and trust store on page 47), the user certificate used at login must meet the policy requirements.

As an alternative to using this method, the user may change the certificate in the profile settings, but only if the administrator has enabled a global setting to allow it. See Specifying a user certificate on page 38.

To change the certificate associated with a user:

1.Click the Users tab.

2.Click on a username. The User Name window will open.

3.Click Credentials in the side navigation bar and then click Certificate. The User Certificate window will open. If a certificate has failed a test required in the system certificate policy, the failure information is displayed.

4.Type the path and name of the certificate or browse to the certificate location.

5.Click Save and then click Close.

User SSH key

A configurable SSH key may be used by a serial console appliance to authenticate a DSView 3 software user who is using an out of band client (for example, someone using a PuTTY SSH client that was not started by the DSView 3 software). The user supplies the public/private SSH key when connecting to the serial console appliance (only RSA keys with a maximum length of 1024 bits are allowed).The appliance then verifies the public key against the one stored for the user in the DSView 3 software.

As an alternative to using this method, the user may specify the SSH key in the profile settings, but only if the administrator has enabled a global setting to allow it. See Specifying an SSH key on page 39.

To specify a user SSH key:

1.Click the Users tab.

2.Click on a username. The User Name window will open.

3.Click Credentials in the side navigation bar and then click SSH Key. The User SSH Key window will open.

4.Type the 1-256 character name of the file containing the public SSH key that was generated by a third party key generator or browse to the file location.