User`s guide

Date and Time Settings

System Date and Time can be changed on this configuration page.

Authentication Settings

The authentication settings for system set the authentication method and related settings of Web UI

and CLI access. CLI access includes CLI access through serial console, telnet, SSH, Rlogin and Rsh.

Remote authentication will use the permissions set to the default "ruser" user.

You can select authentication method for Web UI and CLI access differently and following

authentication methods are supported.

For descriptions of these settings, see “Authentication Settings’ on page71

A login banner is an optional message displayed to users before the login in the web interface or

telnet/ssh command line login prompt. For example, a banner “Security Notice” followed by

additional security information could be displayed above the login.

Enable Login Banner: Enables or disables use of the login banner.

The actual text of the banner is created in a text file named issue.net, following the steps below.

1. In the web interface, enable use of the login banner with the Enable Login Banner setting.

2. Open a Linux command line prompt

#> bash

3. Using a text editor, such as vi create a text file and add your appropriate text to be

displayed:

#> vi /usr2/issue.net

4. In issue.net file, enter the text to be displayed in the login banner.

Change the permissions of the issue.net file to read, write, and execute for all.

#> chmod 777 /usr2/issue.net