Citrix Systems CITRIX NETSCALER 9.3 manual Configuring Users and Groups, Configuring User Accounts

Chapter 1 Authentication and Authorization

Configuring Users and Groups

You must define your users by configuring accounts for them. To simplify the management of user accounts, you can organize them into groups.

You can also customize the NetScaler command-line prompt for a user. Prompts can be defined in a user’s configuration, in a user-group configuration, and in the global configuration. The prompt displayed for a given user is determined by the following order of precedence:

1.Display the prompt as defined in the user's configuration.

2.Display the prompt as defined in the group configuration for the user’s group.

3.Display the prompt as defined in the system global configuration.

You can now specify a time-out value for inactive CLI sessions for a system user. If a user's CLI session is idle for a time that exceeds the time-out value, the NetScaler appliance terminates the connection. The timeout can be defined in a user’s configuration, in a user-group configuration, and in the global configuration. The time- out for inactive CLI sessions for a user is determined by the following order of precedence:

1.Time-out value as defined in the user's configuration.

2.Time-out value as defined in the group configuration for the user’s group.

3.Time-out value as defined in the system global configuration.

Configuring User Accounts

To configure user accounts, you simply specify user names and passwords. You can change passwords and remove user accounts at any time.

To create a user account by using the NetScaler command line

At the NetScaler command prompt, type the following command to create a user account and verify the configuration:

wadd system user <userName> [-promptString <string>] [-timeout <secs>]

wshow system user

Example

>add system user user1 Enter password:

Confirm password: Done

>add system user johnd -promptString user-%u-at-%T Enter password:

Confirm password: Done

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