Avocent MERGEPOINT 53XX SP MANAGER, Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 6: Administration Tasks Not Performed in the Web Interface
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• Any error messages generated by the called program are left on the screen for the user to read.
Examples showing how the administrator can force this behavior on for successful programs
and off for unsuccessful ones are provided in the configuration file.
• The MergePoint SP manager administrator assigns the /usr/bin/rmenush shell to users as
appropriate, by editing the /etc/passwd file entries for the users.
When editing the menu.ini file, the administrator must know the following:
• Spaces are shown in menu items by the use of an underscore between words.
• An underscore cannot be displayed in the menu text.
• The righthand value of each name/command pair is assumed to be either a menu defined in the
menu.ini file or a command.
• A maximum of 16 menu items can display on the screen at a time. Any extra menu items can
be reached by using the arrow keys to scroll down.
To modify the user shell menu:
See root@Mergepoint:~# /etc/init.d/xinetd restart on page 88 for background information
and examples.
NOTE: When adding programs to the menu, make sure the commands do not allow the user to break out of the
programs they call.
1. Log into the MergePoint SP manager console as root .
2. Open the /etc/menu.ini file for editing.
3. Add new menus and menu items as desired, using underscores (_) to indicate spaces
between words. In the [main] menu definition, insert a definition for an action or an option for
a submenu, as desired. The following example shows a new menu option with a command
defined along with a link to a new subnet identified with the new submenu keyword.
[main]
Access_Servers = /bin/spshell
Change_Password = /usr/bin/passwd
New_Menu_Option = command_pathname_and_options
New_Submenu = newsubmenu
4. Add a definition for a submenu using the defined keyword by entering the following:
[newsubmenu]
Submenu_Option1 = command_pathname_and_options
Submenu_Option2 = command_pathname_and_options
5. Save and quit the file.