User guide

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In This Chapter
Users ..................................................................................................................47
Groups...............................................................................................................47
RelationshipbetweenUser
sandGroups .....................................................48
UserMan
agement............................................................................................49
RemoteA
uthentication ................................................................................... 61
Users
TheKXII‐101storesaninternallistofalluserandgroupnamesto
determineaccessauthorizationandpermissions.Thisinformationis
storedinternallyinanencryptedformat.Thereareseveralformsof
authenticationandthisoneisknownas“localauthentication”.Allusers
havetobeauthenticated;ifKXII‐101isco
nfiguredforLDAP/LDAPSor
RADIUS,thatauthenticationisprocessedfirst,followedbylocal
authentication.
UsernamesandpasswordsarerequiredtogainaccesstotheKXII‐101
unit.Thisinformationisusedtoauthenticateusersattemptingtoaccess
yourKXII‐101unit.RefertoUserManagementformorein
formation
aboutaddingandeditingusers.
Groups
EveryKXII‐101unitisdeliveredwiththreedefaultusergroups;these
groupscannotbedeleted:
Admin Usersthatareamemberofthisgrouphavefull
administrativeprivileges.Theoriginal,
factory‐defaultuserisamemberofthisgroupand
hasthecompletesetofsystemprivileges.In
addition,theAdminusermustbeamemberofthe
Admingroup
.
Chapter 5 Users, Groups, and Access
Permissions