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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Configure authentication by using Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services
Configure authentication by using Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services.
To configure authentication by using Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- Change to the install_dir/bin directory and run the following command:
./itmcmd manage [-h install_dir]where install_dir is the installation directory for IBM Tivoli Monitoring. The default installation directory on Linux or UNIX is /opt/IBM/ITM. The Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services window is displayed.
- Right-click the hub monitoring server and click Configure.
- Click the Advanced Setting tab. Select Security: Validate User.
- To use LDAP to authenticate users instead of the system registry, select LDAP user authentication.
- Click OK. If you selected the LDAP option, the LDAP configuration panel is displayed.
- Specify the values, then click OK.
- Click OK.
- Restart the hub monitoring server, using one of the following methods:
- In the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services window, right-click the hub monitoring server and select Recycle.
- From the command line, enter:
./itmcmd server stop tems_name ./itmcmd server start tems_name
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Linux or UNIX: Configuring user authentication through the hub