Access rights and levels – Avocent CPS1610 CPS User Manual

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To display information about all users, issue a Show User command with
the All parameter.

SHOW USER ALL

For more information, see Show User command in Chapter 5.

Access rights and levels

Most CPS commands require the user to have access rights to use the

commands. The access rights for each CPS command are listed in Chapter 4.

The following table describes the access rights a user may be given.

Access Rights

Access Right

Description

PCON

The PCON (Port Confi guration) access right allows the user to
modify port settings. Grant PCON access only to users who need to
issue the Port Set command.

SCON

The SCON (Server Confi guration) access right allows the user to
change the CPS confi gurations, including setting the IP address and
updating the CPS program load in FLASH. Grant SCON access
only to users who need to administer the CPS.

SMON

The SMON (Server Monitor) access right allows the user to view
CPS status and monitor serial port activity. Grant SMON access
only to users who need to assist other users in accessing attached
serial devices.

USER

The USER access right allows the user to modify the user database.
Grant USER access only to users who need to add users, change
user specifi cations or delete users. At least one user must have USER
access rights; otherwise, the user database cannot be changed.

BREAK

The BREAK access right allows the user to send a serial break
sequence to the attached serial device. On certain devices, this
sequence has a special meaning. Grant BREAK access only to
users who need to use the Port Break command.

P

The P (Port) access right gives a user access to one or more serial
ports and the attached serial devices. You may grant Port access
rights to specifi c ports (Pn), a range of ports (Px-y) or all ports (PALL).

Access levels

When you specify a user’s access rights, you may either specify the

individual rights or you may use a shortcut that specifies an access level.

The APPLIANCEADMIN and ADMIN levels are equivalent to the following

individual specifications:

The APPLIANCEADMIN level is equivalent to PALL, USER, SCON, SMON,
PCON and BREAK

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