Setting the guest user profile for iSeries NetServer

 

A guest user profile provides a base level of access for clients who do not have a valid i5/OS® user profile. According to the needs, you can grant different levels of authority to different guests by setting the guest user profile.

You can set the user profile that iSeries™ NetServer™ uses for guest users using iSeries Navigator. You can also specify what level of authority guests will have to i5/OS shared resources using iSeries NetServer. You need input/output system configuration (*IOSYSCFG) and security administrator (*SECADM) special authority to change the guest user profile information. The change to the guest user profile does not take place until the next time iSeries NetServer is started.

To set the guest user profile for iSeries NetServer, follow these steps:

  1. Open iSeries Navigator and connect to the system you want to work with.

  2. Expand Network > Servers.

  3. Click TCP/IP to retrieve a list of TCP/IP servers available.

  4. Right-click iSeries NetServer and select Properties.

  5. Go to the Advanced dialog box and click Next Start.

  6. In the Guest User Profile field, enter the user profile that you want guests to have when they use iSeries NetServer.
    Notes:

    1. If you leave this field blank, then unknown users do not have access to resources through iSeries NetServer.

    2. The guest user profile that you specify cannot have any special authorities. Guests should have little or no authority on the i5/OS operating system.

 

Parent topic:

Administering iSeries NetServer

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Guest user profiles