Re: [IUG] Limit Network Access to automatically log on to Millennium

[Bob Duncan <duncanr at lafayette dot edu>]

At 03:42 PM 4/10/2012, Tasha Bales wrote:
> I'd like to ask about using Limit Network Access to automatically log in
> student worker machines, for which I'm trying to simplify password
> management.  Is this a good way to handle this problem?  Or, is this
> frowned upon, since it gives anyone who uses the machine access to
> Millennium?  I'm interested to learn what others think and are doing.
>
> After perusing the IGR, it appears that all I would need to accomplish the
> auto log in would be to set up a static IP address, and add the IP and
> LOGIN NAME to various entries in the Limit Network Access table.  I'd like
> students to be able to access Millennium, WebPAC, SSH to text-based system,
> and the web, so I would edit the following entries:  HTTP, SSHD,
> MILLENNIUM.  Is that it?


We do this for Millennium logins for student workstations in staff 
areas (circ desk, etc.).

The Innovative system supports automatic logins for Telnet 
connections, but I don't think it does for SSH connections (unless 
you have root access or otherwise can place a key file on the server).

I don't see what you would get by editing entries for HTTP since 
there's nothing to log in to.  (Unless you're dealing with some sort 
sort of scoping issue and LNA can be used to set a scope?)

Bob Duncan


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Robert E. Duncan
Integrated Technologies Librarian
Lafayette College
Easton, PA  18042
duncanr at lafayette dot edu
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