User Guide

Signing On to a Server 3-21

Figure 3.17 Select “Sign On”

GAM’s internal operation during Sign On is to:

1. Encrypt the username and password and send them to the GAM TT

Server running on the selected server host.

2. The GAM TT Server receives and decrypts the username and

password and makes an operating system specific call to validate

them per the server host’s operating system’s user accounts.

3. After the username and password are validated by the operating

system the username is compared to the string “gamroot”. If the

username matches, sign on is granted Administrator access level.

4. The GAM TT Server notifies GAM TT Client of the success or failure

of the sign on attempt and whether or not that sign on attempt has

been granted Administrator access level.

Do the following to sign on to a server:

1. Type a username and password of your choice that are previously

enabled on the server host.

This will provide access privileges appropriate for the username.

2. Check the “Remember password for this session” box if you want

GAM TT to refrain from Sign On messages each time you select a

server during this session which uses the same password. This

amounts to an automatic sign-on to additional servers and should be

used with caution.