Safe and Powerful: Security in HP-UX System Management Homepage (SMH)

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• DNS name (for example, Linux;Linux.localdomain)
• IP Address (for example, 10.16.165.1;192.168.1.189)
Anonymous/Local Access
Settings → System Management Homepage → Security → Local/Anonymous Access
Anonymous/Local access enables you to select the following settings to include:
• Anonymous Access (Disabled by default). Enabling Anonymous Access enables a user to
access the SMH without logging in. If Anonymous is selected, any user, local or remote,
has access to unsecured pages without being challenged for a username and password.
Caution: HP does not recommend the use of anonymous access.
• Local Access (Disabled by default). Enabling Local Access means you can gain local
access to SMH without being challenged for authentication. This means that any user with
access to the local console is granted full access if Administrator is selected.
Caution: HP does not recommend the use of local access unless your management server
software enables it.
Trust Mode
Settings → System Management Homepage → Security → Trust Mode
The Trust Mode link provides options that enable you to select the security required by your
system. Some situations require a higher level of security than others. Therefore, you have the
following security options:
• Trust by certificate
• Trust by name
• Trust all
Trusted Management Servers
Settings → System Management Homepage → Security → Trusted Management
Servers
Certificates establish the trust relationship between HP SIM or Insight Manager 7 and SMH.
The Trusted Management Servers link enables you to manage your certificates in the Trusted
Certificates List. Note the following:
• Trust by certificate
• Trust by name
• Trust all
User Groups
SMH uses operating system accounts for authentication and enables you to manage the level
of access of operating system accounts at an operating system account group level.
The users in the operating system group Administrators for Windows or the operating system
group root (which in turn contains the user root by default) for HP-UX and Linux, can define
operating system groups that correspond to SMH access levels of Administrator, Operator, or