CHAPTER 2

Access Control

Access control is a way of granting access to the system functions or components only to those users who have been authenticated by the system and who have appropriate privileges. Access control depends on the proper configuration of the general security services provided by the server.

This chapter contains these sections:

About Access Control

XSCF Shell Procedures for Access Control

Related Information

About Access Control

The Service Processor is an appliance. In an appliance model, users or management agents can access the Service Processor and its components only through authorized user interfaces. Users and agents cannot access any of the underlying operating system interfaces, and users cannot install individual software components on the Service Processor.

These sections provide details on access control:

Logging in to the System

XSCF User Accounts

XSCF Passwords

Privileges

XSCF Firmware Update

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