Perle Systems SCS, STS Configuring Users

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Configuring Users Chapter 8
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Introduction
You can configure up to four users in the IOLAN’s local user database
for all DS, SDS, and STS 1-port to 4-port desktop models, in addition
to the Admin user. You can configure up to 48 users in the IOLAN’s
local user database for all STS, SCS, and SDS rack mount models, in
addition to the Admin user. A user can even represent a device, like a
barcode reader or a card swipe device, that you want to be
authenticated.
When users are connecting to the IOLAN via serial ports, the user
database can be used to:
zHave the user authenticated prior to establishing a connection to a
network host.
zEstablish a different connection type to the host specific to each user.
zCreate a profile different from the Default user profile.
When users are connecting to the IOLAN from a network connection, the user database can be used
to:
zProvide authentication on the IOLAN prio r to establishing a serial connection via PPP or SLIP.
zAuthenticate users prior to providing access to a serially attached console port (such as a Unix
server or router).
Note: You do not need user accounts for users who are externally authenticated.