Command console passwords

If you are logged on to the agent's host machine as the Administrator or root user, the ssmcons command does not require a password; however, if you wish to connect to a remote agent or you are not an Administrator or root user then you must supply a password.

To create a password for securing access to an agent from the command console, enter the following command from the console:

password new_password

The password is saved in the file console.dat with administrator-only file permissions in the agent's configuration directory.

Note: On Windows platforms, you can enforce administrator-only file permissions on NTFS file systems but not on FAT file systems.

Tip: You can add the password command to an agent's agent.cfg file. For security reasons you should ensure that non-administrative users do not have access to the agent.cfg file if it contains password information.