Specifications

22-13
Managing Dial Services
User Account Characteristics
The following table explains the user account characteristics:
Characteristic Description Comments
DELAY Indicates the delay in seconds before the
dialer engine should attempt to initiate
the dial-back.
Default = 30 seconds
Minimum = 15 seconds
Maximum = 3600 seconds
(1 hour)
USERNAME Defines the user name to be supplied to a
peer that requires the access server to be
authenticated.
Maximum length = 1 to 16
characters
PASSWORD Indicates the password to be supplied to a
peer that requires authentication from the
access server.
Maximum length = 1 to 16
characters
• May be entered either on
the command line
within quotes or at a
prompt.
• If PASSWORD is the last
word on the command
line, the user is
prompted for a
password.
• DNAS masks the
password string upon
entry.
MODE Indicates the type of session the dial
service will create after successfully
completing the modem connection.
Variables:
LOCAL/LOGIN/PPP/SLIP/*