You
can change properties and settings for either a local or remote user
of a SAN Volume Controller cluster.
You
must have security administrator role to create, delete, or modify
local and remote users.
This task assumes that you have already
launched the SAN Volume Controller Console.
To change the properties of either a local or remote user, complete
the following steps:
- Click in the portfolio. The Viewing
Users panel is displayed.
- Select the user that you want to change and
select Modify a User from the task list. Click Go.
The Modifying a User panel is displayed.
- You can change the following
credentials for the selected user:
- New Name
- Enter the new name of the selected user. The user name cannot
start or end with a blank character. The user name can consist of
a string of 1 - 256 ASCII characters with the exception of the following
characters: %:",* '. This field is required.
- Password
- Enter a password for the user. The password cannot start or end
with a blank character. The password can consist of a string of 6
- 64 ASCII characters. The following characters are not allowed:
%:",* '. To confirm the new password, re-enter the password. You can
also select Remove Password to remove the password
for the current user.
- SSH Key Public File
- Enter the SSH key file that is associated with the user. Click Browse to
select the file. An SSH key is needed if this user plans to use the
command-line interface to manage the cluster. You can select Remove
SSH Public Key to remove the SSH public key from the
user.
- Authentication Type
- Select the authentication type for the selected user. Select Remote if
the user is authenticated to the cluster by anremote authentication
service. Select Local if the user is authenticated
by the cluster.
- User Group
- Select the user group that you want the user to belong to.User
groups allow you to manage authenticated users into groups based on
their access level or role. The role determines the access to cluster
functions for the users in the group.
- Click OK.