Terminal-Server Administrative Tasks
Enabling and configuring the interface
MAX Administration Guide
3-3
Configuring the Session Options profile
Connections that are idle but continue to be connected present a potential point of entry for
unauthorized use of your network’s resources. Administer terminal-server idle-time limits by
specifying the settings of the parameters shown in Table 3-2, in the Session Options profile,
which is included in the Connections profile. Specifying these parameters allows you to assure
that resources are allocated to user connections that are currently active and not to those that
are inactive, which helps maintain the security of the unit.
Table 3-2 summarizes the Session Options parameters that you use to configure idle-time
parameters in the Session Options profile.
Login Prompt
Specifies the string used to prompt for a username when
authentication is in use and an interactive user initiates a
connection. If the Prompt Format parameter is set to
Yes
,
include multiple lines in the login prompt by including car-
riage-return/line-feed (\n) and tab (\t) characters. To include
an actual backslash character, you must
escape
it with
another backslash. For example, you enter the string:
Welcome to\n\t\\\Ascend Remote
Server\\\nEnter your user name:
to display the following text as a login prompt:
Welcome to \\Ascend Remote Server\\
Enter your user name:
Prompt
Specifies the prompt the MAX unit displays during a termi-
nal-server session. Specify a string containing up to 15
characters. The default is
ascend%
.
Prompt Format
Determines whether you are able to use the multiline format
for the terminal-server login prompt.
Term Type
Specifies the default terminal type for Telnet and Rlogin
sessions. Enter up to 15 characters. The default is
vt100
.
Table 3-1. TServ Options parameters (continued)
Parameter
Description
Table 3-2. Session Options parameters
Parameter
Description
TS Idle
Specifies the number of seconds that a terminal-server con-
nection must be idle before the MAX unit disconnects the
session.
TS Idle Mode
Specifies whether the MAX unit uses the terminal-server
idle-timer and, if so, whether both the user and host must be
idle before the unit disconnects the session.