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Logging In

Logging In

Jan 25, 2023

Login Methods

Universal Controller provides a Login Method option at the user account level that allows you to select the following login methods:

The default login method for a user depends on the user account type.

Account Type

Login Method

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:
 

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.
 

Note

The local administrator account, ops.admin, is configured to allow only the Standard login method. Modification of the ops.admin account Login Method is not permitted.

 

For additional details on login method enforcement, see Single Sign-On Troubleshooting.

Standard Login

The Universal Automation Center Login page displays automatically when you bring up the Universal Controller system and browse to its URL.

The Standard login URL is:

http(s)://<server:port>/uc/login.jsp (or simply, http(s)://<server:port>/uc/).

All Local account and AD/LDAP-authenticated accounts authenticate through this standard login URL.
 

User Name

The default login User name is ops.admin.

Password

For your initial login to the Controller, no password is required; the Controller prompts you to create a password.

Changing Your Password

Note

Changing your password is not applicable to users that log in using LDAP authentication.

 

To change your password at any time after you have logged in:
 

Step 1

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

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.

Note

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: