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Pearl User Guide

User administration

 4. Start a web browser on the workstation and browse to: http://192.168.255.250/admin/

 5. Log in as the administrator user with the user name admin and the admin password (by default there is

no password); the web interface page opens.

 6. Click the Networking link in the Configuration menu.

 7. Select the radio button to use a static address and configure the system with a static IP address and

network settings relevant to the network being used. For specific details about the settings presented,
see

Configure network settings

.

 8. Restore the previously saved network configurations on the workstation.

User administration

Pearl has three configured users:

 

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admin

 

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operator

 

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viewer

By default, none of these users have passwords. For security purposes you should add passwords to the
admin and operator accounts.

This section describes the following user administration topics:

 

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User types and privileges

 

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Set or change user passwords

 

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Remove user passwords

 

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Overcome lost passwords

 

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Configure LDAP

 

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Change the logged-in user

 

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Restrict viewers by IP address

User types and privileges

Pearl's three user accounts are admin, operator and viewer. The user account names cannot be changed and
the accounts cannot be disabled. By default, none of the accounts have passwords.

Admin

The admin account is the main operator used for all system configuration. This user has access to all options
in the web interface.

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