At the platform daemon authentication step (Figure 18) in the wizard, you specify whether to use “basic” (Windows user) or “digest” authentication for platform login access to the SoftJACE. The default is basic authentication. If you select digest instead, you can further specify the single user name and password. Always consider platform daemon access as the highest-level access to any JACE.
You may wish to skip this step if you are using basic authentication, and the SoftJACE is already pre-configured with its
intended collection of Windows users and groups. Or, you may wish to use its local Windows Control Panel to make these type of changes.
You can also do this after the wizard completes, via the platform’s User Manager view. For more details, see the “User Manager” section in the Platform Guide.
The following procedures apply to both authentication methods:
Following your initial commissioning of the SoftJACE, you can always change the platform authentication method, using the
“Update Authentication” option in the Platform Administration view.
To specify basic platform daemon authentication
To specify basic platform daemon authentication, do the following:
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In the choose method dialog (Figure 18), leave the top (“Use basic”) selection checked, and click .
A popup for Username and Password may appear, as shown below.
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Use your standard Windows login credentials—if the host is on a Windows domain, login using the credentials you use when logging into that domain. This is necessary to limit the number of possible domain groups to only those groups in which you are a member. Such groups will be selectable in the next dialog for basic platform authentication.
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After entering these credentials, click .
A popup for selecting Windows user groups and the “station admin access” selection appears.
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In the User Group field, select the Windows user group to have access to most platform tools (default selection is
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In the Admin Group field, select the Windows user group to have access to all platform tools, including the ability to modify TCP/IP settings, reboot the SoftJACE, and change date and time (default selection is
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In the Stations area, a checkbox allows you to enable a station user to change TCP/IP settings, system time, or rebooting the host by accessing the station's PlatformServices. Such a station user must have admin write privileges on the PlatformServices component in the station, or else be a super user.
By default, this option is cleared.
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Click the button to advance to the final Review and finish wizard dialog.
To specify digest platform daemon authentication
To specify digest platform daemon authentication, do the following:
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In the choose method dialog (Figure 18), check the bottom (“Use digest”) option, then click .
A dialog for entering the digest credentials appears.
Digest user name and password entries are both case sensitive.
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In the User Name field, type in the desired user name for platform login.
The digest platform user name in a SoftJACE can be any “non-empty” combination of characters, including alphanumeric (
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In the Password fields, type in the desired password (it must match in both password fields).
Entry characters display only in asterisks (*).
Password can be any desired length and mix of characters (“strong” passwords are supported).
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Click the button to advance to the final Review and finish wizard dialog.