User Management and System Security |
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This section applies to Windows users only.
Because QM runs on all multi-tasking Windows environments, some of which do not feature particularly good security systems, QM supports two methods of user authentication.
On Windows 98/ME, QM supplies its own user name and password checking for network users. This can be disabled if required so that no user name or password is requested on connecting to the system.
On later versions of Windows, QM uses the Windows security system. This cannot be disabled and a valid user name and password must be supplied for all network connections. Many of the user name management commands described here are still relevant as they handle the QM aspects of user control.
User name management is handled by four commands, available from all accounts but restricted to users with administrator rights. QMConsole users and users logging in with user names that are defined as administrators at the operating system level always have administrator rights. Other users can be registered as QM administrators using the commands described below.
The user name management commands are:
In addition, Windows 98/ME users can change their passwords using the PASSWORD command. This command can be used by users with administrator rights to change other users' passwords.
By default on Windows 98/ME, all network connections to a QM system require a username and password to be supplied. This security system can be disabled by the System Administrator if a simpler but less secure system is desired. This is achieved using the SECURITY command in the QMSYS account:
This command can only be executed from a QMConsole session. If security checking is enabled, the SECURITY command can only be used by a user with administrator rights. If disabled, all QMConsole users have access to this command.
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