User Guide

184 Utilities Reference
Utilities Reference
103-000153-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
 Trojan Horse modules. If you don’t use SECURE CONSOLE, a
module can be loaded from a DOS partition, a diskette drive, or any
directory on a NetWare
®
volume.
If you allow modules to be loaded from all these drives, anyone who
has access to the server console can load a loadable module. An
intruder could create a module to access or alter any information on
the server, or to change user account information at the server
security level.
 Date and Time Modifications. Some security and accounting
features (such as password expiration, time restrictions, intruder
detection, and lockout intervals) depend on date and time for their
enforcement.
If you don’t use SECURE CONSOLE, an intruder can change the
date and time at the server and bypass these time-dependent features.
 To disable SECURE CONSOLE, use DOWN to bring down the server in
an orderly way, and then reboot the server.
Additional Information
SERVER
Purpose
Use at the server console from the DOS prompt to
 Boot the NetWare
®
operating system on your server
 Automatically load bound-in modules
 Execute the startup.ncf file
 Mount volume SYS:
 Execute the AUTOEXEC.NCF file
Topic See
Server console The Server Console
Screen saver and console
lock
“SCRSAVER” on page 179