User guide

Chapter 3: Accessing the ACS 6000 Console Server via the Web Manager 45
Users Accounts and User Groups
Access to ports can be optionally restricted, based on authorizations that an administrator can
assign to custom user groups. Groups can also be authorized to manage power while connected to
devices. The ACS 6000 console server has two default users (admin and root) and four pre-defined
user groups: admin, appliance-admin, shell-login-profile and user.
A user account must be defined for each user on the console server or on an authentication server.
The admin and root users have accounts by default, and either administrator can add and configure
other user accounts. Each local user account is assigned to one or more of the user groups.
CAUTION: Change the default passwords for root and admin before you put the console server into operation.
Local accounts
The admin and root are equivalent users but named differently to address users familiar with either
Avocent equipment or the Cyclades families of ACS console servers. Regular users can be granted
permissions by administrators at any time. The ACS 6000 console server has three user account
types:
• admin: Performs the initial network configuration. The factory default password for admin is
avocent. The admin user is a member of the admin group and can configure the console server
and ports as well as user and group authorizations.
• root: Has the same permissions as the admin user. The factory default password for root is
linux. In the ACS 6000 console server, the root user is a member of the admin group and shell-
login-profile groups. When a root user logs in via the CONSOLE port, SSH or telnet, the
session is pre-defined by the login profile to go directly to shell. The login profile can be
customized so that it does not go directly to shell.
• Administrator-added regular users: Have limited access to the Web Manager features based on
the group(s) to which they are assigned. Users can change their own passwords. By default, all
users have access to all enabled ports.
To add new users:
1. Click Users - Local Accounts - User Names. The User Names screen is displayed with a list of
all users.
2. Click Add. The Local User Information screen is displayed.
3. Enter the new username and enter a password, then confirm the password.
4. Select or deselect User must change password at the next login checkbox.
5. If you wish to add the user to an available user group, select the user group name in the box on
the left and click Add (user is the default group). You can remove a user group from the box at
right by selecting it and clicking Remove.
6. Enter the desired parameters for Password Expiration.