Security Guide - Configure the Super User Account (ViewX Security)

Configure the Super User Account

Create a Super User account

When the installer program runs, you will need to select the type of installation and choose which parts of the software you want to install. When you have done this, you will be prompted to Create a Super User Account. You need to configure a Super user account for your system to enable you to access the system for the first time and configure the security of the system.

Change the password for a Super User

You can use the Server Configuration Tool to change the settings for the Super user account. To re-configure the Super user account:

Display the Server Configuration Tool and log on if required.
Expand the required system and node.
Expand the System Configuration branch.
Select the Security section.
Select the Change button in the Super-User section to display the Change Super-User window.
Use the Change Super-User window to alter the Super User settings:
- Current Username—Enter the Username for the Super User. This is the Username that is already in place (either the Username that was entered during the installation process or the Username that was previously defined for the Super User via the Change Super-User window).
- Current Password—Enter the password for the Super User. This is the password that is already in place (either the password that was entered during the installation process or the password that was previously defined for the Super User via the Change Super-User window).
- New Username—Enter the new Username for the Super User. This will replace the current Username.
- New Password—Enter the new password for the Super User. This will replace the current password. You have to specify a password that is at least 12 characters long. The password is case-sensitive. It is stored in encrypted format and is designed only to be decrypted by the server on which it was created.
- Confirm Password—Re-enter the new password to confirm it as the new password. You have to enter the same password as you entered in the New Password field.
- Disable Super User Account—Use this check box to disable the Super User account. We recommend that you do this once you have set up suitably configured Geo SCADA Expert User Accounts for performing administrative functions on your system (see below).
  Select this check box to disable the Super User feature.
  Leave the check box to leave the Super User account enabled. You might want to do this, for example, while you set up suitably configured Geo SCADA Expert User Accounts for performing administrative functions on your system. Thereafter, we recommend that you disable the Super User account.
  If the Super user account is disabled on your system, you can re-enable it by running the installer program again on the server system. The installer program is included on the Geo SCADA Expert CD/DVD/Download and is named Setup.exe (see Installing Geo SCADA Expert) .
Select the OK button to confirm your entries and close the Change Super User window.
Apply the changes to the server.

Schneider Electric is not responsible for the physical security of your system PCs. Physical security is the responsibility of the customer. You should take action to protect your system PCs from unauthorized access, as any user with sufficient permissions to run the Geo SCADA Expert installer on the server system will be able to enable the Super User account. By using the Super User account, they will have full access to your system.

NOTICE

SECURITY THREAT

The Super User account has no restrictions and access to every part of the system, therefore unauthorized use of the account could compromise the security of the system.

You should only allow authorized personnel to have access to the Super User’s user name and password.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in equipment damage.

Disable the Super User Account

The Super User account is designed to be used when the security features are yet to be set up initially on a system, or when the security features have been set up incorrectly and are preventing access to your system. (In which case, you can use the Super User account to log on to the Main server and rectify the security configuration errors.)

We recommend that you disable the Super User account as soon as suitably-configured Geo SCADA Expert User Accounts have been set up for performing administrative functions on your system.

To disable the Super User account:

Access the Geo SCADA Expert Server Configuration Tool.
Expand the required system and node.
Expand the System Configuration branch.
Select the Security option to display the Security settings.
Select the Change button in the Super User section to display the Change Super User window.
Select the Disable super user account check box.

If the Super user account is disabled on your system, you can re-enable it by running the installer program again on the server system. The installer program is included on the Geo SCADA Expert CD/DVD/Download and is named Setup.exe (see Installing Geo SCADA Expert) .
Select the OK button to confirm the change.
Apply the changes to the server.

Further Information

Setting up System Security.