Configuring user authentication from the command line

Using the following procedure, you can configure user authentication from the command line.

1. Change to the install_dir/bin directory and run the following command:

   ./itmcmd config -S -t tems_name

   where install_dir is the installation directory for IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring, and tems_name is the name of the hub monitoring server. The default installation directory on Linux or UNIX is /opt/IBM/ITM. You will see the following prompt:

   Configuring TEMS...

2. Accept the defaults for the following prompts. The defaults should reflect the selections made during installation.
3. When you see the prompt:

   Security: Validate User?

   type 1 and press Enter.
4. If you do not want to use LDAP for authentication, press Enter to select the default (NO). If you want to use LDAP for authentication, type 1 and press Enter. Respond to following prompts by entering the values. To enable TLS/SSL communications between the hub and the LDAP server, provide the appropriate values.
5. Accept the defaults for the Tivoli Event Integration Facility and the Workflow Policy/Tivoli Emitter Agent Forwarding.
6. At the following prompt, type 6 (Save/exit) and press Enter:

   Hubs
   ##      CMS_Name
   1       ip.pipe:elsrmt1[4441]

7. Restart the hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server:

   ./itmcmd server stop tems_name
   ./itmcmd server start tems_name