Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Conﬁguring a Workgroup

Adding PC/NT Systems into the Workgroup

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This message is actually a login prompt, and there are several ways to

respond to it:

❏ Hit Return to accept the default response

In the above example, there are three parts to the displayed prompt:

1. The word “Name”

2. The network name for your PC (“vectrapc1.net2.corporate”)

3. The default user name (“userx”); this is usually the name of the

HP-UX account that you were using when you issued the ftp

command in Step 1.

If you hit Return, ftp will attempt to log you in to the PC using the

same name as you used to log into HP-UX. You will then be prompted

to enter your password. If, after noting the following caution, you feel

comfortable doing so, enter the password.

CAUTION It is important to note here that any characters you type at your

keyboard, including your user name and password will be

transmitted over the network to your PC unencrypted.

Although it is unlikely, especially if your network is strictly an

internal network, it is possible that someone could be eavesdropping

on your network lines and obtain your login information. If this is a

concern to you, we strongly recommend that you use the anonymous

❏ Enter a valid account name and password for your PC

If the PC account you want to log in to is different from the user

name you used to log in to HP-UX, enter the user name for the PC

account at the prompt. You will then be prompted to enter the

password for the account. If, after noting the preceding caution, you

feel comfortable doing so, enter the account’s password.

❏ Use ftp’s “anonymous login” feature

Because account names and passwords that you enter from the

keyboard during the ftp login process are sent to the remote

computer unencrypted (making this sensitive information vulnerable