Installation guide

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6. Device Options
The Device Options/General panel can be used to define a platform-wide password for the
TN3270 clients. This password is required of the users at connect time, if the entry on the
TN3270 Client Definition panel indicates its requirement. An example of the Device Options/
General panel is shown below.
Device Options/General Panel
Device Options/General LINCS C8.2 Central Control
PASSWORD OPTIONS (must use PF4 to save date changes)
TELNET/TN3270 Password: ________
Number of days password is valid: 000
Password Beginning Date: __ __ ____
Password expires on: __ __ ____
PF: 1-Menu 4-Update Password 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done
A description of the options found on the Device Options/General panel is found below.
TN3270 Password
This password is used by TN3270 clients. The password can be up to eight alphanumeric
characters and is case sensitive. The password is required for TN3270 clients only if the
password option has been configured on the TN3270 client definition panel. (Types ending
with the letters ‘PW’.)
Number of Days Password is Valid
The value in this field determines the total number of days that the password is good, beginning
with the day that the password was last updated.
Note 1: You must press <PF4> after entering the new password and the number of days it is
to be valid. The ‘Password Last Updated’ and ‘Password Expires On’ field will
automatically be updated.
Note 2: If the password expires, a user can still connect by using the configured supervisor
password.
Note 3: You can change the TELNET/TN3270 password without requiring an IML. The
procedure would consist of making the necessary changes to this panel and
performing the <PF4>, then perform a <PF10> to indicate that the changes are
complete. Save your configuration changes. On the resulting ‘Apply Configuration
Changes’ panel you can select the TELNET/TN3270 password change to take place
immediately.