Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual page 2825

Why Should I Use SECURE CONSOLE?
Using the SECURE CONSOLE Command
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Server Operating System Administration Guide
After you have provided physical security for your server, you can use the
SECURE CONSOLE command to provide the following security features,
while still allowing you to use the console:
Prevents NetWare Loadable Module programs from being loaded from
any directory other than SYS:SYSTEM or C:\NWSERVER. This means
that no one can load an invasive NLM from a server's diskette drive or
boot partition unless it is already in a search path.
Prevents keyboard entry into the operating system debugger. This
restricts the ability to alter the operating system.
Prevents anyone from changing the date and time. Some security and
accounting features depend on date and time for their enforcement.
When you issue the SECURE CONSOLE command, the server must be
taken down and rebooted to unsecure the console. Now that server
parameter settings are persistent in NetWare 6, you can shut down the
server without losing the settings you made to optimize and tune your
server.
When you use SECURE CONSOLE with the NetWare Remote Manager
or RCONSOLEJ, access is subject to the protections provided by
SECURE CONSOLE.
SECURE CONSOLE does not lock the server console. You can lock the
console by using SCRSAVER. If the console is locked using the console-
locking feature, an intruder can still access the console from a remote
workstation; however, the intruder must still be authenticated to
eDirectory through the SCRSAVER console lock.
HINT:
To protect the server console by encrypting the RCONSOLEJ password in
the AUTOEXEC.NCF file, see
Reference.
To secure the server console, enter the following command at the System
Console prompt:
SECURE CONSOLE
To secure the server console whenever the server is booted, add the SECURE
CONSOLE command to the server's AUTOEXEC.NCF file. If the
AUTOEXEC.NCF file loads modules from any directory other than
Loading RConsoleJ Agent at Startup in the Utilities