Help for Configuration: System Services
The System Services Configuration page lets you configure and control the operation of various system services. This page lets you to configure the device to use for the system console. It also lets you enable or disable FTP and Telnet access to the system. The current system services settings are displayed when the page is displayed.
System Console | The device to use for the system console. This value is set by selecting one of the devices
from the supplied drop-down list. The valid values are:
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FTP services | Specify whether FTP access is
allowed. The value is specified by selecting one of the following
from the supplied drop-down list:
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Telnet services | Specify whether Telnet access is allowed. The value is specified by selecting
one of the following from the supplied drop-down list:
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The system provides other security measures to control Telnet and FTP access to the system when either service is enabled. Web users (for example, webroot) are the only people allowed to use FTP to access files on the system, and access is limited to the files in each user's home directory. The root account cannot connect to the appliance using FTP for security reasons.
The root user is the only account that can login via Telnet.
In addition, both services use TCP-wrappers (tcpd) to control network access to these services (meaning, limit the remote hosts and workstations that can access the system using these services).
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Click this button to display and update the network access settings (meaning, tcpd settings) for FTP or Telnet.
Note that any changes made on the current System Services Configuration page that were not submitted are not applied to the system. |
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Click this button to update the system services settings. |
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Click this button to display the current system services settings. |