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Local User Account | Local user accounts, by default, are designated with the Standard login method.
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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. | ||
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. |
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All Local account and AD/LDAP-authenticated accounts authenticate through this standard login URL.
User Name | The default login User name is ops.admin. |
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Password | For your initial login to the Controller, no password is required; the Controller prompts you to create a password. |
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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 any Password Settings have been defined for user passwords, the hint for the New Password and Confirm New Password fields, as well as the information icon pop-up for either field, will display those settings. For example: |
Password Expiration
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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: |
You must enter a new password, one that is different than your currently expired password. (To maintain a high level of security, you should never use a password that you have used before.)
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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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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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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 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 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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HTML is not permitted and will be escaped accordingly. |
For example:
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The Login Notification Universal Controller system property lets you define a message that displays in the Console when you login to the Controller.
Logging Out
To log out of your Universal Controller session:
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:
- Click Leave Page to navigate away from the Universal Controller user interface.
- Click Stay on Page to remain in the Universal Controller user interface.
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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 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. |
For each logged in the user, the User Sessions list provides the following columns of information:
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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. |
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Step 2 | Enter a Message and click the Send button. |
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Step 1 | Select one or more users on the User Sessions list and right-click any of the selected users. The User Sessions actions menu displays: |
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Step 2 | Click Email to display an Email pop-up dialog. |
Step 3 | Enter a Message and click the Send button. |
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Step 1 | Click User Sessions in the User Actions drop-down list on the User Task Bar. The User Sessions list then displays a list of currently authenticated user sessions. |
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Step 2 | Select one or more users on the list and right-click any of the selected users. The User Sessions actions menu displays: |
Step 3 | Click Expire Session to expire the user sessions of the selected users. A confirmation pop-up then displays. |
Step 4 | Click OK to confirm that you want to expire the selected user sessions. |
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