HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

5. To modify the value:
• Using the web-based version of the HP SMH:
With the desired attribute highlighted (you clicked on it), select » Modify
System Value ... on the right-hand side of the display.
A new page will be displayed with the description and current value for the
attribute.
Enter a new value for the attribute and click on the Modify button at the bottom
of the display.
NOTE: To preview what command will be executed by HP SMH before
you click on Modify, you can click on Preview.
• Using the text-based interface:
press m. For NOLOGIN, the screen would show (slightly condensed):
Modify the system value by entering a valid value as specified in security(4)
man page. Enter default to reset the system value to the default value.
Note: The HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration Tool only checks for valid
ranges. It does not perform any checks to ensure the correctness of the value
entered.
Attribute : NOLOGIN
Description : Can /etc/nologin be used to disable non-root logins? (0=No 1=Yes)
Range : 0...1
Default : 0
System Value : 0__________________
[ Modify ] [ Preview ] [ Cancel ] [ Help ]
Enter an appropriate value for System Value. To choose the default value,
enter default.
(Optional) Select Preview to see the commands that will change the value.
Press OK to continue.
Select Modify to change the value or Cancel to quit the process.
Configuring User Security Attributes
NOTE: You can also access this procedure from the Accounts for Users and Groups
function. On the Local Users or NIS Users screen, highlight an account and press s,
Modify Security Attributes. Then continue below with Step 4.
1. Start HP SMH, as described in “Starting Text-Based HP SMH” (page 30).
2. Press c to select Security Attributes Configuration.
3. Press l to select Local Users or n to select NIS Users. A list of users is displayed.
The User Values column indicates whether any user values have been specified
for the user.
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