Configuring User Accounts with the C-Web Interface
User accounts provide one way for users to access the system. For each account, you define the login name for the user, properties for the user account, and authentication information. After you create an account, the software creates a home directory for the user when the user logs in to the system for the first time.
Each user has a home directory on the C-series Controller, which is created the first time that the user logs in. Home directories that have the same name as the user ID are created in the /var/home directory; for example, the home directory for a user with the user ID Chris_Bee is /var/home/Chris_Bee.
Configuring a User Account
Configuring Authentication for User Accounts
You can configure the following types of authentication for user accounts:
- Plain text password—Prompt for a plain text (unencrypted) password. The requirements for plain text passwords are:
- Can contain between 6 and 128 characters
- Can include most character classes in a password (uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and other special characters).
NOTE: We do not recommend that the password include control characters. We do recommend that the password include at least one change of case or character class.
If you configure a plain text password, you are prompted to enter and confirm the password.
- Encrypted password—Password encoded with crypt. The format of encrypted passwords is "{crypt}<13-characters in a-zA-Z0-9./>".
NOTE: We recommend that you do not enter the password in encrypted format.
- SSH—SSH authentication. For SSH authentication, you can copy the contents of an SSH keys file into a CLI session.
Configuring a Plain Text Password
To configure a plain text password for a user account:
- From the side pane, expand a user account, and click Authentication.
- Click Create, enter information as described in the Help text in the main pane, and then click Apply.
Configuring SSH Authentication
Before you configure SSH authentication, obtain the contents of SSH key files. You can copy the contents of an SSH keys file into a CLI session:
- From the side pane, expand a user account, and click Authentication.
- Click Create, enter information as described in the Help text in the main pane, and then click Apply.
Changing the root Password
You can change the
root
password only with the SRC CLI. For more information, see SRC-PE Getting Started Guide, Chapter 24, Configuring User Access with the SRC CLI.