Chapter 16

About Configuring Users

C o n f i g u r i n g U s e r s

Although it is not required, the device server is often configured to accommodate the requirements of particular users. Typical configurable user attributes include the following:

Whether the user is required to supply a password

Autoconnection attributes, such as the system to which the user should be automatically connected at login

The interface the device presents the user, such as a menu or command line

Whether the user has access to outbound ports

Note: For information on configuring PPP users, see "Configuring PPP" on page 27.

Configuration Methods

You can configure users in the following ways:

With the web interface.

With the set user command. See the set user command in the Digi One/PortServer TS Command Reference.

Common User Features

This section discusses common user-related features. For a complete list, see the set user command in the Digi One/PortServer TS Command Reference.

Feature

Description

set user Field

 

 

 

 

Automatically connects the user to the host specified on the autohost

autoconnect

 

field using the service (TCP port) defined on the autoport or

 

autohost

autoconnect

autoservice fields.

autoport

Autoconnection can also be implemented by port instead of by user.

 

 

autoservice

 

This feature is configurable from the web interface.

 

 

 

 

 

Default

Defines the type of access the user is restricted to. Menu, command

 

line, autoconnect, and outgoing and netservice are the types.

defaultaccess

access type

This feature is configurable from the web interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu access

Defines the menu that is to be presented to a user with menu access.

menu

This feature is configurable from the web interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defines the number of outbound ports a user connected over the LAN

 

Port access

can access at one time.

maxsessions

 

This feature is not configurable from the web interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are too

 

 

many fields to list

PPP

Defines PPP-related parameters for the user.

here. See the set

user command

 

 

 

 

for more

 

 

information.

 

 

 

Routing

Defines whether RIP routing updates are forwarded over the link to this

netrouting

updates

user.

 

 

 

 

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