Managing Users

Managing Users

This section describes various tasks for managing users.

Providing a Contact Name and Access Server Location

The SET/DEFINE/CHANGE SYSTEM command allows you to provide all access server users with a person’s name to contact in case of problems. This command also allows you to specify the location of the access server.

Example: Providing a Contact Name and Access Server Location

The following example shows how to identify Bob G as the access server contact, and Building 2, Lab 3 as the location of the access server:

Local> CHANGE SYSTEM CONTACT "Bob G"

Local> CHANGE SYSTEM LOCATION "Building 2, Lab 3"

You can use the SHOW/LIST SYSTEM command to display this information.

Specifying Preferred Service for LAT or Telnet Resources

The following lists the results of enabling a preferred service on a port:

∙Without AUTOCONNECT enabled (refer to Specifying AUTOCONNECT in this chapter), the port user connects to a particular resource by entering only the CONNECT command. With AUTOCONNECT enabled, the access server automatically connects the port to the preferred service at login.

∙The user can switch to local mode at any time and make connections to other available services.

When you specify any LAT or Telnet resource to be a preferred service, the host or service name, node name, and port name are limited to 16 characters each.

For the LAT protocol:

To set a LAT service as a preferred service, the port’s default protocol must be set to LAT.

Example: Enabling a Preferred LAT Service

The following example shows how to enable the LAT service, FILES, as the preferred service on port 5:

Local> CHANGE PORT 5 PREFERRED FILES

You can specify that the connection be made to a particular node and/or port name of the LAT service.

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