Table of Contents

Quick Reference
Accessing the Server
Performing Administrator Tasks

Logging In As Administrator

Logins and Roles
Logging In

Securing the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool Server

Changing the Admin Login Password
Changing the Guest Login Password

Configuring the System

Logging Out As Administrator

Setting Up the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool

Now that you have installed the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool, you need to perform some required administrator setup tasks. This chapter consists of the following sections:

• Quick Reference

• Accessing the Server

• Performing Administrator Tasks

• Logging Out As Administrator

Quick Reference

Table 3-1 provides an overview of setting up the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool and references to more detailed information about each task. The information in the rest of this chapter follows the same order as the quick reference.

Accessing the Server

To access the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool, enter the URL of the server in your web browser, as follows:

where server_name is the name of the server. 1741 is the port on which the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool was installed.

The main Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool screen appears. (See Figure 3-1.)

Figure 3-1: The Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool Desktop

The network desktop is composed of a series of windows that let you navigate among various tasks. Each window consists of two frames.

• The left frame contains a navigation tree, buttons, and a message window.

The tree structure consists of one or more drawers. Each drawer contains associated applications, which in turn contain options. For example, clicking the Admin drawer displays the administration options.

Located above the navigation tree are two buttons: Logout and Help. These buttons appear only after you have logged in to the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool. Clicking Logout returns you to the Login Manager dialog box. Clicking Help displays the help contents or application-specific help, depending on the drawer, folder, or option you have selected in the navigation tree.

The message window is a web-based tips-of-the-day window. Product upgrade information, product tips, and a reminder that the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool provides only a temporary-use license is displayed in this window. You do not need to have CCO access for this window to work.

To turn off the messages, click on the square in the message window. The square changes to a different colored circle and the window freezes until you click the circle to turn the messages back on.

If you cannot access the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool server or the desktop is not displayed correctly, refer to the "Troubleshooting" chapter.

Performing Administrator Tasks

Now that you have accessed the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool server, you need to log in as the administrator and set up the server for other users. The following sections explain how to perform these administrator tasks.

Logging In As Administrator

To perform administrator setup tasks you must log in as administrator. First, it is helpful to understand Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool logins and roles, which control user access to the system.

Logins and Roles

To use the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool, you must have a valid login---a combination of a username and password. There are five groups of access privileges, called roles. The five roles are as follows:

• Help Desk (HD)

• Approver (AP)

• Network Operator (NO)

• Network Admin (NA)

• System Admin (SA)

Your access to application options is determined by the roles assigned to your login.

The access privileges assigned to the roles are not cumulative. That is, there is not a hierarchy of roles, with each role including all of the privileges of the role "below" it. Instead, each role is associated with a number of tasks the user can perform. The roles and their tasks are static; however, administrators can assign users to more than one role. For a full list of the roles and their corresponding access privileges, refer to the online help.

The Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool ships with several default logins already created. These default logins are shown in Table 3-2.

The admin login is the equivalent of a superuser login. It provides access privileges to all product functions. To prevent all users from accessing privileged applications, you should change the passwords for these default logins.

Logging In

To log in as administrator, follow these steps:

Step 1 Enter the default administrator username and password in the Login Manager dialog box (see Figure 3-2), as follows:

User Name: admin Password: admin

Figure 3-2: Login Manager Dialog Box

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Note The Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool ships with several default logins, as described in the "Logins and Roles" section. You should change the default password for these logins as soon as possible to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool server. See the "Securing the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool Server" section for more information on changing the default passwords.

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Step 3 Select Admin on the navigation tree to open the Admin drawer.

The administrator folders appear. These folders contain the administrator options.

Securing the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool Server

To secure the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool server, change the passwords for the default logins as soon as possible. Changing the administrator login password is particularly important because the administrator login provides access to all application options.

To maintain ongoing security for your server, be careful when creating new logins. Assign roles to user logins so that users can access only those application options that you want them to access.

The Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool also provides built-in security using the features of the Windows NT operating system. for more information about the security features, refer to the "Security" appendix.

Changing the Admin Login Password

To change the admin login password, follow these steps:

Step 1 Select Admin > User Accounts > Modify My Profile. The Modify My Profile dialog box appears (see Figure 3-3).

Figure 3-3: Modify My Profile Dialog Box

Changing the Guest Login Password

To change the guest login password, follow these steps:

Step 1 Select Admin > User Accounts > Modify/Delete Users. The Modify/Delete User dialog box appears (See Figure 3-4.).

Figure 3-4: Modify/Delete User Dialog Box

Configuring the System

You can configure system-wide information on the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool server using the System Configuration option. You should verify that the default information is correct or enter corrected information, if necessary, during initial system setup.

Step 1 Select Admin > System Administration > System Configuration. The System Configuration dialog box appears (see Figure 3-5).

Step 2 Select one of the following tabs to enter information or to verify that the configured information is correct:

Refer to Table 3-2 for descriptions of the information that appears in each dialog box tab.

Figure 3-5: System Configuration Dialog Box

Step 4 Click Defaults to apply the defaults already configured in the system.

Step 5 Repeat Step 2 through Step 4 until you have verified or corrected all the information displayed in the System Configuration dialog box.

The dialog box is displayed until you select another option from the navigation tree.

Logging Out As Administrator

To end your administrator tasks, you must log out of the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool. Follow these steps to log out:

Step 1 Close all secondary browser windows that are open. You should have only one browser window opened displaying the interface.

Step 2 Click Logout. The Login Manager dialog box replaces the navigation tree.

Now that you have performed the necessary administrator tasks, continue installation with the "Using Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool Applications" chapter.

Posted: Thu Sep 30 16:11:29 PDT 1999
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