User's Manual

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Maintenance
Users
There are 3 user roles could be used to manage the IPPBXs.
 Admin
Admin user is mainly used for IPPBX system administrations from the IPPBX web interface, including all system
advanced configurations and management.
 Operator
Operator user is mainly used by the company receptionist, secretary or some other employee who’s responsible
for managing the departments, extensions, call logs, recordings, faxes, some common call features, etc.
 Root
Root user is used by highly experienced technicians for advanced managing and troubleshooting the IPPBX system
from command line level.
Admin User
Path: Maintenance -> Users -> Admin User
Admin user password should be changed regularly on this page. And the password should be at least 6 characters
long and contain a combination of letters, digits and symbols.
Operator User
Path: Maintenance -> Users -> Operator User
Admin user could change the operator password here on this page when needed. And can turn AMI (Asterisk
Management Interface, port 5038) access with operator credentials on or off.
AMI access using operator credentials can be used to achieve some CTI (Computer Telephony Integration)
implementations.
Root User
Path: Maintenance -> Users -> Root User
Root user password could be managed by admin user as well. When admin user modifies the root password for
the first time, admin needs to provide the old (default) root password which is the last 8 characters of the IPPBX
WAN port MAC address.
By default, SSH access to the IPPBX system is disabled. When enabled, user may access the IPPBX system Linux
command line interface via SSH on port 22.
If you are not a highly experienced Linux user with Asterisk command line troubleshooting skills, for security
precautions please DO NOT enable SSH.