Logging on with user administration
Application
The control displays a dialog window for user logon. Within the dialog the user can log on with a password or a smartcard.
Related topics
- Automatic user logon
Requirements
- User administration has been configured
- For logon with smartcards:
- Euchner EKS card reader
- Smartcard assigned to a user
Description of function
The control displays the Login dialog in the following cases:
- After the User logout function
- After the Switch users function
- After the Lock display function
- Immediately after control startup if user administration is active and Autologin is not enabled
When user administration is active, the control provides these functions in the Start/Login application and in the HEROS menu.
The logon dialog gives you the following options:
- Users who logged in at least once
- Other user
Logon with smartcards
You can save a user's logon data on a smartcard and then log the user on with a card reader, without needing to enter a password. You can define whether a PIN is necessary for logon.
The card reader is attached over a USB port. You assign the smartcard to a reader as a token.
Assigning a smartcard to a user
The smartcard also has additional memory space, where the machine manufacturer can store his own user-specific data.
Logging on a user with password
To logon a user the first time:
- Select Other in the login dialog
- The control enlarges the user icon you selected.
- Enter the user name
- Enter the user's password
- Tip
The control shows in the Login dialog whether CAPS LOCK is active.
- The control opens a window with the message Password expired. Change the password now.
- Enter the current password
- Enter a new password
- Repeat the new password
- The control uses the new user to log you in.
- The control displays this user in the dialog during the next logon procedure.
Assigning a smartcard to a user
To assign a smartcard to a user:
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Notes
- You must restart the control in order for it to detect a card reader.
- You can overwrite smartcards that already contain information.
- If you change a user's password, you must reassign the smartcard.