Configuring Access to a LAT Service

Specifying the Service Password

An optional service password restricts access to a service. When a service contains a password, the access server prompts you for the password before allowing you to use the service.

There are two characteristics that you need to specify: SERVICE PASSWORD and

PASSWORD LIMIT.

The service password can be up to 16 ASCII characters.

Example: Assigning a Service Password

The following example shows two ways to assign a password to the service

LN03_PRINT:

Local> DEFINE SERVICE LN03_PRINT PASSWORD

Password> BLIGH (not echoed)

Verification> BLIGH (not echoed)

Local>

or

Local> DEFINE SERVICE LN03_PRINT PASSWORD "BLIGH"

Caution

Do not specify passwords for services such as printers that you set up for host-initiated requests.

Example: Clearing the Service Password

To clear a previously set service password, use empty quotation marks as shown in the following example:

Local> CHANGE SERVICE LN03_PRINT PORT PASSWORD ""

The password limit characteristic determines the number of times that the access server prompts you for the correct password before it ends the connection requests. The password limit applies to all password-protected access server operations.

The range for the password limit characteristic is 0 to 10, and the factory-set default is

3. The following shows how to change the limit to 5:

Local> CHANGE SERVER PASSWORD LIMIT 5

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