Restricting what users can do, How users log on – ThermoWorks HAXO-8 LOGTAG TRANSIT RECORDERS User Manual User Manual

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Restricting what users can
do

In a multiple user environment, it is not always desirable to allow every user to perform
any and all tasks with the software. For example, to ensure all documents printed from
the software use the same date/time display format, it may be desirable to not allow
users to customize the software to change how the software displays dates and times. To
provide administrators of systems with a central point of control, LogTag Recorders has
developed a software package called "LogTag User Server", which when used in
conjunction with this software, it will provide an administrator with the ability to choose
whether or not to restrict what users can and cannot do with this software.

To find out more about LogTag User Server, please contact your network administrator
and/or your LogTag reseller.

How users log on

When the software has been

customized

to be connected to the

LogTag User Server

software, all users are required to successfully logon to the software before being
permitted to use any of the features and functionality of the software. For a user to
successfully logon to the software, the user must enter their username, which the
administrator would have assigned, and their password. Username's are typically not case
sensitive, however passwords are. That is, entering the Username "Bob Smith" is the
same as entering "BOB SMITH" and "bob smith". However, entering a password of "bob"
rather than "Bob", for example, is considered to be different.

Every logon attempt, whether successful or not, may be recorded automatically in the
audit logs by the administrator. As a security measure, the network administrator may
configure the

LogTag User Server

software so that a user account becomes locked and

therefore temporarily inaccessible if a certain number of consecutive failed logon attempts

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