NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Setting System-Wide Terminal Security Attributes
Customizing the Operations Environment
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Setting System-Wide
Terminal Security
Attributes
To prevent unauthorized use of someone else’s user ID, you instruct NonStop
NET/MASTER MS to perform specific actions, including logging a user off, after
specified intervals of inactivity. NonStop NET/MASTER MS applies the settings
listed in Table 5-1 to user IDs whose definition record activates the Terminal Timeout
feature. To specify the system-wide settings (the specified timeout actions are not
different for different user IDs), use the SYSPARMS command operands identified in
Table 5-1.
Table 5-1. Terminal Security Attributes
SYSPARMS Meaning
TOALARM Specifies the number of times to ring the terminal alarm if ALARM is the action
specified in either the SYSPARMS TOACT1 or SYSPARMS TOACT2 command.
TOTIME1 Specifies the time interval to use as the first timeout period for inactive terminals.
TOTIME2 Specifies the time interval to use as the second timeout period for inactive
terminals.
TOACT1 Specifies the action to take when the first terminal timeout interval expires and,
optionally, specifies a repeat interval for the action.
TOACT2 Specifies the action to take when the second terminal timeout interval expires and,
optionally, specifies a repeat interval for the action.
TOSTART Specifies whether and how to process terminal inactivity.
The feature is activated by entering Y in the Terminal Timeout field of the user ID
definition record. The attributes are, therefore, defined for user IDs, and not for
physical terminals.
For additional terminal security, you can use the TERMINAL LOCK command to lock
your own terminal. This ensures that no one else can use your terminal while your
terminal is temporarily unattended. To unlock the terminal and continue using
NonStop NET/MASTER MS from that terminal, you must enter your password in a
panel that is displayed on the screen.