The Craft User object is a child of the Craft Users object.
Each Craft User object defines a user that is able to access the NE or the EMS Server using a craft console.
Note that for a particular user to have access to multiple NEs, you must create a Craft User object below each corresponding MetaSwitch object. Similarly, for a particular Craft User to have access to the EMS Server as well as the NEs, you must also create an object below the Element Management System object.
To configure and enable a new Craft User, you need to do the following:
Parameter |
Access |
Description |
User name | Create | Name for the Craft User. Specify a name of up to 8 characters. |
New password | Change | The password that this user should use to logon to the NE or EMS server using a craft console. Enter a password of 6 - 8 characters. Note the screen will display a * character for each character that is entered as the password is entered. After the user has been enabled (by clicking on the Enable button), the content of this field will not be displayed for security purposes; the password has been configured.
Passwords must:
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Confirm new password | Change | The password that this user should use to logon to the NE or EMS server using a craft console. If the value specified is not identical to that specified in the previous field, the request to enable the user will fail with an appropriate error message. |
User description | Change | Textual information about the user. This field is optional. Specify a string of up to 64 characters. |
User security level | Change | Specifies whether this user has administrator access (can use all functions of the craft interface) or restricted access. Values:
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Password expiry period | Change | Specifies the number of days before the password must be changed for this user. This is not the current amount of time left before expiry, but the time between password changes. (Passwords expire at midnight, so this time is counted from midnight at the end of the day on which the password is set.) If the password is not changed within this time, the user will be prompted to change it the next time they log in. Choose Use default or specify a value (in days). A value of 0 (zero) means that the password for this user will never expire. |
Days until password expiry | Read only | The number of days left before the current password for this user expires. |
Login failures before lockout | Change | Specifies the number of login failures this user may make between good logins before they are locked out. Choose Use default or specify a value. A value of 0 (zero) means that the user will never be locked out because of login failures. |
Number of login failures since last successful login | Read only | The number of login failures this user has made since their last successful login. |
Account locked | Change | Specifies whether this user account has been locked or not.
Values:
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Requested status | Read only | Specifies whether an administrator has attempted to enable the Craft User. Values:
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Actual status | Read only | Specifies the current status of the Craft User. Values:
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