Setting up access privileges for remote users – ARRIS Timbuktu for Macintosh v8.8.3- Getting Started Guide User Manual
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Setting Up Access Privileges for Remote Users
When you customize your Guest User and Ask for Permission User settings and
create Registered Users, you must specifically grant Dial Direct access to each re-
mote user who will be allowed to dial in to your computer. You must also specify
callback options for each remote user to whom you grant Dial Direct access. (See
the following section,
for information about call-
back.)
Dial Direct access options for Guest Users and Ask for Permission Users are set for
all users of the same type, but Registered User options may be set individually for
each user.
To grant Dial Direct access
1.
From the Setup menu, choose Define Users.
2.
Select the user account for which you want to set callback options—Guest
Users, Ask for Permission Users, or a Registered User—and click Edit. (Or cre-
ate a new Registered User account.)
3.
In the lower panel, select the Let User Dial Into Your Computer checkbox.
4.
From the drop-down list, select one of the responses to a request for call-
back. The callback feature and callback request options are explained in the
following section,
5.
Close the dialog box and return to the Define Users dialog box.
Choosing Callback Options
When your computer receives a Dial Direct call from a remote computer that re-
quests callback, your modem automatically hangs up and calls back to the calling
computer. Callback is primarily a security feature, but it can also be used to re-
verse the charges on a dial-up connection.
Callback is performed only if the calling party selects Request Callback when plac-
ing the call. If callback is required but the remote computer does not request it,
the remote user will receive an error message indicating that they must request
callback. Conversely, if the remote computer requests callback but it is not al-
lowed, the remote user will receive an error message indicating that callback is
not allowed.
Before a remote computer can receive callback from your computer, you must
specify how your computer will respond to the callback request. You must specify