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Account Type

Login Method

Local User Account

Local user accounts, by default, are designated with the Standard login method.
 
Any user account created prior to Universal Controller 6.4.6.0 is, by default, designated with the Standard login method; for example, after an upgrade, or after importing users from an earlier release.
 
Any attempt by a user to use the Standard login for an account that is not designated to use Standard login method will receive the following error:
 

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Username and/or password invalid.


LDAP-Provisioned User Account

Any user provisioned through LDAP synchronization will be designated, by default, with the login method(s) configured in the LDAP Settings.
 
The designation of the login method only applies at user creation time.

Single Sign-On-Provisioned User Account

Any user provisioned through SAML Single Sign-On will be designated, by default, with the Single Sign-On login method only.
 
The designation of the login method only applies at user creation time.
 

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Step 1

On the User task bar, click the User Actions drop-down list arrow to display a menu of user actions.
 
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Step  2

Click Change Password. The Change Password dialog pops up.
 

Step 3

Enter your Current Password and a New Password, and reenter your new password in Confirm New Password.

Step 4

Click the Change Password button.

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If the Password Expiration Enabled field in Password Settings has been enabled, and you reach the maximum number of days that a user password can remain unchanged, as specified by the Password Expiration in Days field in Password Settings, the following dialog displays when you enter your password on the Logging In#Standard Standard Login page:
 


 

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Below the Change Password button, the Change Password dialog will displays any characteristics and restrictions defined in Password Settings.

For example:

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If you try to enter your currently expired password as your new password, the following error message displays on the Password Expired dialog:

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Your new password cannot be the same as your current password.

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Single Sign-On Login
Single Sign-On Login
Single Sign-On Login

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If you attempt to log in to a locked account, the following message displays:

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User account <Username> is locked. Please check with your administrator."

To unlock a locked account, your Controller system administrator must uncheck the Locked out field ion the User Details for that user account.

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  1. The system level default for web browser access, specified by the System Default Web Browser Access Universal Controller system property, has been set to No, and the Web Browser access field in the User Details for your user account is set to -- System Default --."
  2. The Web Browser access field is set to No, which overrides the System Default Web Browser Access value (Yes or No).

If either restriction is in place, the following error message will display when you enter your user name at the User name prompt:

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User <Username> not permitted to login through the web browser. Please check with your administrator.

To remove the restriction, the system administrator must either:

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If you log in to the Controller and your Controller license is about to expire within one week, the following informational message displays in the Universal Automation Center Console:

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Universal Controller license for node <node_id> will expire in N days. 
 
Please contact Stonebranch customer support to avoid service interruption.

If you log in to the Controller and your Controller license already has expired, the following error message displays in the Universal Automation Center Console:

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Universal Controller license for node <node_id> has expired and the Controller has been suspended.
 
Licensed Number of Days: N
Actual Number of Days: N 
 
Please contact Stonebranch customer support to restore services.

In each case, the Console will remain open until you manually close it.
 

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Login Disclaimer
Login Disclaimer
Login Disclaimer

The Login Disclaimer Universal Controller system property lets you define multi-lines of free-form text that will display at the bottom of the Universal Automation Center Login page when you attempt to login.

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Login Notification
Login Notification
Login Notification

The Login Notification Universal Controller system property lets you define a message that displays in the Universal Automation Center Console when you login to the Controller.

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Step 1

On the User Task Bar, click the User Actions drop-down list arrow to display a menu of user actions.
 
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Step  2

Click Logout. You are logged out of this session, and the Universal Automation Center Login page displays.
 

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If you attempt to close the browser or navigate away from the user interface before logging out, and the Confirm Exit Universal Controller system property is set to true, the following pop-up dialog displays:
 

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Log file messages for login activity are in the following format:

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timestamp (internal) login activity <user=user name, ipaddr=IP address>

For example:

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2015-04-16-11:16:26:391 -0400   INFO [http-bio-8080-exec-5] Login OK <user=ops.admin, ipaddr=192.55.44.123>
2015-04-16-11:17:20:208 -0400   INFO [http-bio-8080-exec-10] Login Failed <user=ops.admin, ipaddr=192.55.44.123>
2015-04-16-11:16:57:442 -0400   INFO [http-bio-8080-exec-11] Logout OK <user=ops.admin, ipaddr=192.55.44.123>

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Audit Messages
Audit Messages
Audit Messages

Audit messages for login activity are in the following format:

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login activity <user=user name, ipaddr=IP address>

For example:

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LOGIN <user=stonebranch-user-01, ipaddr=192.55.44.123>


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The IP Address of the user is not logged or audited for login activity via the Command Line Interface (CLI).

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Step 1

On the User task bar, click the User Actions drop-down list arrow to display a menu of user actions.
 
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Step 2

Click User Sessions to display the User Sessions list of currently authenticated user sessions.
 

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If the following error appears in the Universal Automation Center Console while you are using the User Sessions feature, you may need to manually configure the opswise.mbean.catalina.manager.name Universal Controller start-up property:
 
Universal Controller not configured for user session operations.

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The Controller will auto-generate the email Subject in the following format:

Message from system_identifier Universal Controller Administrator (user_id@cluster_node_id)

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Step 1

Click the Email All button on the Logging In#User User Sessions list. An Email pop-up dialog displays.
 

Step 2

Enter a Message and click the Send button.

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