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Configuring the User’s Console Login Menu
94 AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
Caution! If changing the default menu, the administrator needs to ensure
that any added programs do not introduce security vulnerabilities.
The administrator needs to know the following about the behavior of
rmenush before configuring any changes to the menu:
• If the called program exits with a return code indicating an error,
rmenush prompts the user to press any key to continue.
• Any error messages generated by the called program are left on the screen
for the user to read. Examples show how the administrator can force this
behavior on for successful programs and off for unsuccessful ones are
provided in the configuration file.
• The OnBoard administrator assigns the /usr/bin/rmenush shell to
users as appropriate, by editing the /etc/passwd file entries for the
users.
When editing the menu.ini file, the administrator needs to know the
following:
• Spaces are shown in menu items by the use of an underscore between
words.
• An underscore cannot be displayed in the menu text.
• The right hand value of each name/command pair is assumed to be either
a menu defined in the menu.ini file or a command.
• A maximum of sixteen menu items can display on the screen at a time.
Any extra menu items can be reached by using the arrow keys to scroll
down.
The OnBoard administrator can add options as shown in the following
example.
New User Login Menu Item Example
An administrator can add to the users’ login menu any number of new menu
options and submenus.
Note: The opie* commands used in this example work only if the user is
locally logged into the OnBoard through the CONSOLE port and only if the
OnBoard administrator has enabled OTP.