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Ending a session
The Quit or Logout commands ends a session. A session ends automatically when no activity is
detected for five minutes, or upon loss of connection.
To end a session:
At the Sentry: prompt, type quit and press Enter, or
Type logout and press Enter.
Administration Commands
Administration commands may only be issued by a user with administrative privileges, such as the
predefined Admn user or another user who has been granted administrative privileges with the Set User
Admnpriv command.
User Administration
Creating a user account
The Create User command creates a user account with the specified username and password. See
Usernames and Passwords in this chapter for more information.
To create a user account:
At the Sentry: prompt, type create user, optionally followed by a 1-16 character username (Spaces are
not allowed, and usernames are not case sensitive). Press Enter.
At the Password: prompt, type a password of 1-16 alphanumeric and other typeable characters (ASCII
32 to 126 decimal). Passwords are case sensitive. Press Enter.
At the Verify Password: prompt, retype the password. Press Enter.
Example
The following command creates the user account JaneDoe:
Sentry: create user JaneDoe<Enter>
Password: <Enter>
Verify New Password: <Enter>
For security, password characters are not displayed.
Removing a user account
The Remove User command removes a user account.
NOTE: You may remove the predefined user account Admn only if another user account has been granted administrative
privileges using the Set User Admnpriv command.
To remove a user account:
At the Sentry: prompt, type remove user, optionally followed by a username. Press Enter.
Changing a password
The Set User Password command changes a user’s password. For security, when you type a password,
the characters are not displayed on the screen. See For units with multiple infeed connectors, absolute
names are specified by a period (.) followed by the tower letter, the infeed letter and outlet number.
Example: The absolute name for outlet 8 on the B infeed of tower A is .AB8.
Outlets may also be included in one or more named groups of outlets, enabling you to issue a command
that affects all outlets in a named group.
Usernames and Passwords for more information.
To change a password:
At the Sentry: prompt, type set user password, followed by a username and press Enter.
At the Password: prompt, type the new password and press Enter. Passwords may contain 1-16
characters.
At the Verify Password: prompt, retype the new password and press Enter.
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