Configuring Administrator Startup And Idle Options; Enabling Users To Change Password At First Login; Enabling The Lockout Function When The Client Is Idle; Enabling The Terminate Function When The Client Is Idle - Patton electronics ForeSight 6300 NMS Administrator's Reference Manual

FS6300 NMS Administrator's Reference Guide

Configuring Administrator Startup and Idle Options

This section describes how a system administrator can enable particular startup and idle options for the client.

Enabling users to change password at first login

By default, this option is disabled. To enable users to change their password when they log in for the first time:
1. Open the NmsProcessesBE.conf file located in the <Web NMS Home>/conf directory.
<Web NMS Home> is the IP address where the NMS server is running.
2. Find the process for com.adventnet.nms.security.authorization.NmsAuthManager in the conf file.
3. In the command[...
4. Save the conf file.

Enabling the lockout function when the client is idle

If the client is idle for a certain amount of time, you can enable the client to require a user ID and password to
unlock the screen. By default, the lock screen function is disabled. To enable it:
1. Open the clientparameters.conf file located in the <Web NMS Home>/conf directory.
<Web NMS Home> is the IP address where the NMS server is running.
2. Find the command [
minutes the client is allowed to be idle before the system locks user access.
3. In case of Applet and Web Start Clients, you will also need to edit the java.policy file present in <Web
NMS Home>/jre/lib/security directory and include the following line for the function to work correctly:
permission java.awt.AWTPermission
"listenToAllAWTEvents";
4. Save the files.

Enabling the terminate function when the client is idle

If the client is idle for a certain amount of time, you can enable the client to shut down. By default, the termi-
nate function is disabled. To enable it:
1. Open the clientparameters.conf file located in the <Web NMS Home>/conf directory.
<Web NMS Home> is the IP address where the NMS server is running.
2. Find the command [
of minutes the client is allowed to be idle before the system shuts down.
3. Save the conf file.

Configuring Administrator Startup and Idle Options

change_password_for_firsttime_login false
ALLOWED_IDLE_TIME_BEFORE_LOCKOUT="0"
ALLOWED_IDLE_TIME_BEFORE_TERMINATION="0"
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