Password Manager
Overview of Password Manager
You can use Password
Manager in the SAS Management Console window to configure SPD Server user and group passwords. Use the Users and Groups tabs
of the Password Manager to access the configuration information for
individual users or for user groups.
If you open Password
Manager in the SAS Management Console window
when no server connection exists, the display resembles the following:
When no server connection exists, no data is displayed. To display data, you must
connect to an SPD Server. For
more information, see Connect to an SPD Server.
Managing Users with Password Manager
Users Tab
On the Users tab
in the SAS Management Console window, click List
Users to display the defined users and groups.
The window contains
the following components:
User Name
name of the user. You
cannot change this field directly. To change a user name, delete the
user and then add a new user. For more information,
see Delete a User and Add a User.
Auth Level
numeric authorization
level, in the range 0–7. To change the value, select the field
and edit it.
Perf Level
this setting is not yet implemented in SPD Server. In the future, this field will
be used to indicate to the server how to manage resources
for the associated user.
IP Address
IP address of the workstation
that is being used by the individuals listed in the User Name column.
Def Group
default group for a
user. Use the drop-down list to change the currently defined group.
Group 2 - Group 5
shows the numbered
groups 2–5 that are assigned to each user. Use the drop-down
list to change the currently defined groups.
Expires
number of days remaining
until the current password expires. The value 0 indicates that the
password never expires.
PW Last Modified
date and time when
a user’s password was last modified.
Last Login
date and time of the
last user login.
Time-out
number of idle days
since the user's last login. When the number of days since a
user's last login equals the Time-out value,
the user's access is disabled. For example, if the Time-out value
is 7, and if a given user does not log in at least every seven days,
then the user's access is disabled. The value 0 indicates that
the user account never times out.
Allowed Login Failures
number of consecutive
login failures that is allowed before the user's access is disabled.
The value 0 indicates that unlimited login failures are allowed.
Accrued Login Failures
current number of consecutive
failed login attempts by this user.
Add a User
To add a user, click Add
Users. Complete the values for User, Password, Verify
Password, Auth Level, Performance
Level, IP Address, PW
Expire, Def Group, Login
Timeout, and Failed Logins.
The Verify Password field requires you to
re-enter the password to ensure that the two items match and that
you did not make any keyboard errors when you entered the password
string. Performance Level reflects the performance class of the user
and should be Low, Medium,
or High. For more information
about performance levels, see Server Performance Levels.
User, Password, Auth
Level, Def Group, and Failed
Logins are required values. The IP Address, PW
Expire, and Login Timeout values
are optional. If you omit the optional settings, they default to "no
limits".
Delete a User
To delete a user, select
the user from the list and click Delete.
The user is deleted and the list is updated.
Change a Password
To change a user's
password, select the user and click Chg Pass User.
Enter the user's old password and new password in the Change
User Password dialog box, and click Change.
Reset a Password
To reset the password
for a selected user, click Reset Pass. Specify
the user's new password and click Change.
You do not need to know the user's current password to change
it. The user must change the password before regaining the ability
to connect to the server.
You use Reset
Pass to reset a user's password after that user
has been disabled. Users can be disabled for excessive login failures
or for a login time-out.
Managing Groups with Password Manager
Groups Tab
On the Groups tab
in the SAS Management Console window, click List to
display the existing defined groups. When you first connect to the
Password Manager or after you make changes to a group, the window
lists the existing defined groups by default.
Add a Group
To add a group, click Add.
Enter a group name in the Add Group window
and click Add. The group name is added, and
the list is updated.
Delete a Group
To delete a group,
select the group from the list and click Delete.
The group is deleted and the list is updated.
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Last updated: February 3, 2017