ADSM-L

Re: client schedule security question

1997-04-04 03:52:53
Subject: Re: client schedule security question
From: Dirk Kastens <dkastens AT RZ.UNI-OSNABRUECK DOT DE>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 10:52:53 +0200
On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, John Viksne wrote:

> Any workstation running an ADSM schedule can prevent ANY OS command from
> being executed by entering (for UNIX in the dsm.sys file) either a
> "PREschedulecmd" or "POSTschedulecmd" with either no command
> or a null string.  The intent here is to give the administrator a capability
> but allow the workstation owner to disallow it.

Yes, that really works. It's also explained in the client's
options.doc but not in the "define schedule" section of
the Administrator's Reference, where I think it should
be mentioned.

> Also, during a sign on and authentication between the client and
> the server NOT even an encrypted password is passed over the
> communciation network.

That's good to know.
Thanks very much for the support.

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