SECURITY

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The SECURITY command enables, disables or reports the state of QM's internal security system.

 

User management is not applicable to the PDA version of QM.

 

 

Format

 

SECURITY ONEnable security
SECURITY OFFDisable security
SECURITYReport the current security setting

 

The SECURITY command determines how users connecting directly to QM over a network are handled. Users of QMConsole sessions, including users who have made a standard telnet connection and entered QM from an operating system command prompt, are not affected by this command.

 

On Windows 98/ME, network users will be required to enter a valid username and password if security is enabled. This username is private to the QM environment and is created using the CREATE.USER or ADMIN.USER commands. If security is not enabled, network users can connect directly to QM with no authentication.

 

On later versions of Windows, network users will always be required to enter a valid username and password known to Windows. Furthermore, if security is enabled, this username must also be in QM's own register of usernames. It is inserted into the register using the CREATE.USER or ADMIN.USER commands. If security is not enabled, any user with a valid Windows username will be able to make a direct network connection to QM.

 

On other platforms, network users will always be required to enter a valid username and password known to the operating system. Furthermore, if security is enabled, this username must also be in QM's own register of usernames. It is inserted into the register using the CREATE.USER or ADMIN.USER commands. If security is not enabled, any user with a valid operating system username will be able to make a direct network connection to QM.

 

Use of the SECURITY command is restricted to QMConsole users with administrator rights. If security is disabled, all users are considered as administrators.

 

 

See also:

ADMIN.USER, CREATE.USER, DELETE.USER, LIST.USERS, PASSWORD