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Users
3 – Users
The system administrator is usually responsible for assigning a user-
identification number and a sign-on code to each person who will need to use
the SC III data terminal. Some systems also require users to sign on to the
Check Point or Profit Point. For these, the system administrator is also
responsible for assigning sign-on codes to people who use the console.
In its normal configuration the SC III allows up to 99 users; the default number
is 5. Each user has three attributes, a user number (0 through 99), a sign-on
code (a password) of up to 16 characters, and a permission level (0-10):
• User numbers identify users. They are also used in the output of PRINT
HISTORY command to show which user executed which commands.
• Sign-on codes are used for security. By controlling who knows the sign-on
code, you can control who has access to your system. Several users can
have the same sign-on code, or each user can have a different one.
• Permission levels are used for security and safety. By assigning appropriate
permission levels to users and to commands, you can make sure that users
have access to only the commands they need to use. In the default
configuration, users with permission level 2 are allowed to activate only
basic SC III commands. Users with permission level 10 are allowed to
activate all SC III commands.
User ID Numbers
There are two general systems of using user numbers. If there are fewer than 99
employees at a site, each employee can have his or her own user number. The
drawback to this arrangement, however, is that if there is a large turnover in
employees, keeping track of numbers through numerous rounds of adding and
deleting users can be confusing.
A second system involves assigning numbers by user categories, rather than by
individual users. Under this system, for example, the system administrator and
the site manager might have user number 3, with a permission level of 9; all
other users are 2, with a permission level of, say, 1 or 2; and user number 1 is
reserved for remote computers in host mode, as explained below.
Special User Numbers
There are two special user numbers: a default user number and a remote host
user number. At the signon: prompt, each user will enter:
#, password
where # is the user’s number (0-99) and password is his or her password.