Spectracom SecureSync - 4.3 Managing Users and Security

4.3 Managing Users and Security
4.3.1 Managing User Accounts
Users need to authenticate as the login to SecureSync. The system administrator is responsible
for maintaining a list of user accounts (user names, passwords etc.) via the MANAGEMENT >
OTHER: Authentication screen of the SecureSync WebUI (HTTP/HTTPS). Note that user accounts
CANNOT be created or edited via CLI commands using telnet or SSH.
To read more about how to login to the Web UI, see "Accessing the WebUI" on page53.
4.3.1.1 Types of Accounts
There are three types of accounts:
Account
Type
Permissions
"user" These accounts are intended for users only e.g., operators. These "user" accounts are read-only
accounts, i.e. they do not allow any editing rights and are restricted to reviewing status-related
information. The Web UI will not show (or gray-out) any editing functionality.
"admin" Administrator accounts are intended to be used by system administrators. These accounts have
writing access. You can add additional admin accounts to the pre-installed administrator
account
spadmin
.
"factory" The default factory account with the username
spfactory
is meant to provide access to
Spectracom technical support personnel. You can delete this account, if you so prefer. Note,
however, that executing the
Clean and Halt
command (see
"Cleaning the Configuration
Files and Halting the System" on page328
) will recreate the Factory account.
4.3.1.2 About "user" Account Permissions
As outlined above – unlike "administrator" accounts – "user" accounts are read-only accounts,
i.e. they do not allow any editing rights and are restricted to reviewing status-related inform-
ation. Otherwise, the privileges assigned to admin groups are exactly the same whether log-
ging in via the WebUI, or connecting via SSH.
Account Differences, General
While most menus look the same to "admin" and "user" type accounts (except the
MANAGEMENT menu, see below), the screens and panels located below the main menus will
differ in such that the "user" UI will show fewer (if any) configuration options:
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