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Configuring Administrative Access, System Timing, and Startup Settings
Restricting administrative access
A Stinger MRT unit automatically creates a Serial profile for administrative access. To
list the Serial profiles, use the dir command as follows:
admin> dir serial
12 10/20/2000 02:57:48 { shelf-1 first-control-module 2 }
Note
The designation first-control-module refers to the control module in slot 8
on larger models of the Stinger. Although control module functions are integrated
into the chassis of the Stinger MRT, TAOS uses a virtual location of slot 8 to access
profiles and settings associated with these functions. This behavior is reflected in the
configuration example that follows.
To make serial logins more secure, modify the Serial profile of the Stinger MRT to
specify a null User profile name, as shown in the following example. Anyone trying
to establish a connection through the serial port is then required to provide a
username and password.
admin> read serial {1 8 2}
SERIAL/{ shelf-1 first-control-module 2 } read
admin> set user-profile =
admin> write
SERIAL/{ shelf-1 first-control-module 2 } written
Changing the default admin password
Because the admin user profile controls permissions that enable most levels of
activity, access to that login must be carefully restricted. To protect the admin login,
change its well-known default password the first time you log into the unit.
Following is the password parameter, shown with its factory default setting:
[in USER/admin]
password = "Ascend"
Parameter
Password
You can specify any password up to 20 characters. All future logins governed by the
admin User profile must provide the new password.
For example, the following commands change the admin password to x1!35DPG:
admin> read user admin
USER/admin read
admin> set password = x1!35DPG
admin> write
USER/admin written
When an administrator telnets into the Stinger unit, the system prompts for the
name and password of a User profile and authenticates the information before
allowing the Telnet session. For example:
% telnet 1.1.1.1
Trying 1.1.1.1...
6-4
Setting
Text string of up to 20 characters, which must be entered
by a user to log in with permissions authorized by the admin
profile. The value is case sensitive.
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