Black Box Secure Device Servers, 1102, 1101 manual Serial Port Configuration

1101 and 1102 Secure Device Servers

The registered configurators are:
alerts	ipconfig
auth	nagios
cascade	power
console	serialconfig
dhcp	services
dialin	slave
eventlog	systemsettings
hosts	time
ipaccess	ups
	users

There are three ways to delete a config element value. The simplest way is use the delete-nodescript detailed later in this chapter. You can also assign the config element to "", or delete the entire config node using -d:

# /bin/config -d 'element name'

All passwords are saved in plaintext except the user passwords and the system passwords, which are encrypted.

NOTE: The config command does not verify whether the nodes edited/added by the user are valid. This means that any node may be added to the tree. If a user runs the following command:

# /bin/config -s config.fruit.apple=sweet

The configurator will not complain, but this command is useless. When the configurators are run (to turn the config.xml file into live config) they will simply ignore this <fruit> node. Administrators must make sure of the spelling when typing config commands. Incorrect spelling for a node will not be flagged.

Most configurations made to the XML file will be immediately active. To make sure that all configuration changes are active, especially when editing user passwords, run all the configurators:

# /bin/config -a

For information on backing up and restoring the configuration file, refer to Chapter 15, Advanced Configuration.

14.2 Serial Port Configuration

The first set of configurations you need to make to any serial port are the RS-232 common settings. For example, setup serial port 5 to use the following properties:

Baud Rate	9600
Parity	None
Data Bits	8
Stop Bits	1
label	Myport
log level	0
protocol	RS232
flow control	None

To do this, use the following commands:

#config -s config.ports.port5.speed=9600

#config -s config.ports.port5.parity=None

#config -s config.ports.port5.charsize=8

#config -s config.ports.port5.stop=1

#config -s config.ports.port5.label=myport

#config -s config.ports.port5.loglevel=0

#config -s config.ports.port5.protocol=RS232

#config -s config.ports.port5.flowcontrol=None

The following command will synchronize the live system with the new configuration:

# config -r serialconfig

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