Avocent ACS 5000 Server User Manual


 
Security Menu and Forms
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Users and Groups
The Users and Groups form allows you to perform the following tasks:
Set up user access to the console server's web manager
Assign users to specific groups that share common access rights
Assign or change passwords
Create new groups and add to the group list
The two groups to which you can assign a user are:
Admin - Read/Write Access
Regular User - Limited Read/Write Access
CAUTION: Therearetworoot usersfor theinitialsetup of theconsoleserver bythe administrator. Theseusernames
are rootwith thedefaultpassword avocentand adminwiththe password avocent.For securitypurposesmake
sureyouchange thisdefault passwordassoonaspossible.
Selecting Security - Users and Groups in Expert mode displays the Users and Groups form, which
you can use to perform the following:
Add or delete users
Assign or change user passwords
Add or delete groups for serial port access configuration
Add users to a group
Delete users from a group