User`s guide

User Administration
Chapter 2 Getting Started 37
User attributes
User attribute Description
User name Name for the user. Rules for user names include:
• User names are case-sensitive.
• Must be between 3 and 29 characters.
• Cannot include colons (:), less than or greater than signs
(< >), ampersand (&), spaces, or quotation marks.
• The at sign @ and period. are acceptable.
Select group The group to which the user is assigned. Groups include
Root, System Admin, Port Admin and User. See "User
Groups" on page 18 for more information
Password Password to assign to the user.
Confirm password Confirms the password.
Shell program Determines the user interface displayed when establishing a
Telnet or SSH session or connecting via the console port with
the Digi Passport unit. Shell program options vary by user
group:
root: command line
system admin: command line, configuration menu, port
access menu, custom menus
port admin: configuration menu, port access menu, custom
menus
user: port access menu, custom menus
SSH public key
authentication
Alternative method of authenticating a user to a login server.
More secure than a password only.
SSH public key to
use
Current public file key or create a new public file key.
Select new SSH
public key version
SSH1 only supports one type of key. SSH2 supports both
RSA and DSA key types.
Select new SSH
public key file
Location for the SSH public key file.