Users
Manage users and their access levels.
Types of Usersβ
A brand new install of Trisul has two users pre-provisioned
- admin - username
admin
and passwordadmin
The admin
login must be used to perform all tasks that involve system
configuration change, starting and stopping Trisul processes, user and
role management.
- user - username
user
and passworduser
The user
login is for all other operations like viewing and scheduling
reports, packet analysis, viewing alerts, and pretty much everything
else a normal operator would do on a regular basis.
Create a New Userβ
Login as admin
user to create a new user
π Select Web Admin β Manage β Users
- A list of current users is shown
- Click Create a new user button
- Fill up details below
Field | Description |
---|---|
User Name | The long name of user |
Name | Login name for user, no spaces, keep it short |
Role | Webtrisul user Roles .See Roles section for more |
LDAP Login | User can use LDAP password to login |
Password | Password for user |
Password Again | Repeat the password again |
Allow multiple Login | Allow concurrent login option to user. The default is true which means concurrent logins are allowed. When set to false If a user logs in with an ID that is already logged in, the older login session will be terminated. |
Default Home Page | If set, when user logs in he/she is taken to this page. Any page not just Dashboard can be set as the Default Home Page. The user can also set this themselves by pressing the Home π icon. |
Default Dashboard | If set, When user logs in he/she is taken directly to this dashboard. If Default Home Page is also set, that has a higher priority and that is used instead. |
Allowed Context | Restrict user to these selected contexts only |
Change User Logo | Click choose file and upload the logo image to set it as user logo |
Change User Avatar | Click choose file and upload the avatar to set it as user avatar |
For LDAP Login User Name should be LDAP filter attribute value.
For Example if you specified
Edit Existing Userβ
Login as admin
user to create a new user
π Select Web Admin β Manage β Users
-
Click the Edit link
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Edit the fields described as under βAdd Userβ
Reset Passwordβ
Click the Reset password
button at bottom left side in Edit User
form to reset password. You will be shown the new automatically
generated password. Please send it to the user and have them create a
new password immediately on login.
Delete Userβ
You have to have admin rights as well as the user you are trying to delete must be logged off.
Login as admin
user to create a new user
π Select Web Admin β Manage β Users
Click the Delete link next to the user
Change Own Passwordβ
-
Click the Account button to open the dropdown menu at the upper right hand side of the page.
-
Click My Account
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Click Change Password button to change the password.
Reset password by adminβ
The admin
user can reset the password of any user.
π Select Web Admin β Manage β Users β Select Edit against any user
Select "Reset Password" from the Admin Operations menu.
Generate API Tokenβ
Trisul supports login as well as API access using a login token for any user you choose.
π Select Web Admin β Manage β Users β Select Edit against any user
Select Generate Login Token from the Admin Operations menu on the top right.
You will get a API Token like this, you need to copy and share it with the user. This will not be displayed again.
Figure: API Token for user