Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System
Chapter 3 Sessions
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Session Limitations
You can only have one active OS login session for any single username. This applies
to the DNCS, the RNCS, and the Application Server.
to the DNCS, the RNCS, and the Application Server.
Notes:
Session limits do NOT apply to remote web access to the Administrative
Console.
Console.
Session limitations do NOT apply to the following users:
-
dncs role
-
root user
-
easftp user
-
dncsftp user
-
Existing users:
Users that existed before the SR upgrade that included the security
enhancements
Users that existed before the security enhancements were enforced
This restriction can be changed for a user by modifying the project file entry for that
user. See Overriding Session Limitations (on page 22) for the procedure.
user. See Overriding Session Limitations (on page 22) for the procedure.
Overriding Session Limitations
By default, users are restricted to having one active OS login session. This section
describes how to override this default.
describes how to override this default.
Note: This topic applies to the OS login access to the DNCS, the RNCS, and the
Application Server.
1 Log into the system as root:
Application Server.
1 Log into the system as root:
a At the prompt, type
su -
and press Enter.
b Type the root password and press Enter.
2 Type the following command and press Enter:
projmod -K 'project.max-tasks=(priv,x,deny)' user.[username]
Example:
projmod -K 'project.max-tasks=(priv,2,deny)' user.dncsadmin
Notes:
The x in (priv,x,deny) is the number of active sessions the user is allowed to
have open at a time.
have open at a time.
Make sure that there is a space between deny)' and user.