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Re: TME10 - Netview Web-Access

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Subject: Re: TME10 - Netview Web-Access
From: "Houle, Stephen A" <sh32829@IMCNAM.SBI.COM>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:23:01 -0400
Reply-to: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView et alia <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Sender: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView et alia <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
The user that you need to use a any valid user defined to unix, except root.
If you have a normal userid and password to telnet into the system, you
would use them for web access also.

Steve

> ----------
> From:         Vladimir Petr[SMTP:petr@DATASYS.CZ]
> Reply To:     Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
> et alia
> Sent:         Wednesday, August 12, 1998 12:07 PM
> To:   NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject:      Re: TME10 - Netview Web-Access
>
> Hello, Siegbert;
>
> We also had the same problem when trying to access the web interface.
> We did not find out how a user can become a registered user of the web
> server (you  might look at the /usr/OV/web/httpd/htpasswd command; it
> sets a password for a user. However, I was not successful even with
> the password). I am not an Apache guru so I was forced to do this (I
> have already ordered an Apache guide...).
>
> Since we have NOT a production environment (NV is used only by Tivoli
> consultants), I commented out the entry "require valid user" in the
> /usr/OV/web/httpd/conf/access.conf. You can also change the entry
> "allow from all" to ensure that only from privileged stations can your
> users use the web interface.
>
> Also, I recommend that you read the readme file accessible from the
> web interface (on the NV homepage). There are some notes on using
> Netscape browsers of various versions from 3.01. I am using Netscape
> Communicator 4.(0)5.
>
> Best regards,
> Vladimir.
>
>
> Siegbert Kleiner wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Have just installed TME 10 Netview (V5) on a test system.
> > I don't have configured any netview-security.
> > But when I want to access the netview map via Netscape 3.01
> > browser, I always have to type in a User-ID and password.
> >
> > Which user-id should I use? Or can somebody point me in the
> > right direction?
> >
> > Siegbert Kleiner
> > NCB GmbH
> > Herrenberg, Germany
>
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