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Setting Up Users
Setting Up Users
When you have a user who is accessing a device connected to a serial port from the network or who
is accessing the network from a device connected to a serial port through th e IOLAN, you can create
a user account and configure the user’s access privileges. Notice that there is a Default user; the
Default user’s parameters are inherited by users logging int o the IOLAN who are being authenticated
by an external authentication method (see Authentication on page 213 for more in for mat ion) or are
accessing the IOLAN as a Guest (see Local on page 215 for more information).
To add a user account, click on the Users page in the navi gation pane.
Click the Add button to create a user account.
To quickly add a user, fill out the field in the General tab and click OK.
See Chapter 8, Configuring Users on page 201 for more information about the other user parameters
you can configure.