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48 Cyclades ACS 5000 Advanced Console Server Command Reference Guide
• The main memory on the console server
• NFS-mounted directory
• Configure OTP for each user. The console server administrator must make sure each user who
needs to use OTP has a local account on the console server and is registered with the OTP
system.
• Configure a serial port configured as PPP and with an external modem for OTP authentication.
You may use WMI or the CLI utility to configure a serial port for OTP.
To set up and configure an OTP database:
1. Open a console window and log in to the console server as root.
2. Execute the following command to configure the OTP database.
# do_create_otpdb
3. Enter the desired location where you want the OTP database stored. The following table shows
the available options.
4. Enable OTP. By default OTP is disabled.
5. The OTP database is mounted once you enable OTP.
Proceed to the following section to register users and generate OTP passwords.
To register users for OTP:
The following procedures should be performed for each user who requires OTP authentication. The
following example demonstrates how to add and register a new user to the console server.
1. Log in locally through the console server port as root or use ssh to log in remotely.
2. Execute the adduser command. If a user account exists in the console server, skip this step and
proceed to step 3 to register the user for OTP.
# adduser [username]
New password: users_passwd
Table 3.10: OTP Database Location Options
Location Notes
Local Locally on the console server memory.
The file is available during run-time. It will not be saved in
the FLASH automatically. (The file /etc/opiekeys needs to
be added in the /etc/config_files file to be saved in the
FLASH by saveconf command.)
NFS host:path
host
-
DNS name or IP address of the NFS server.
path - Directory shared by the NFS server.