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• To enable or disable authentication:
# cimconfig -s enableAuthentication={false | true}
–p
• To add a user for defining the credentials for CIM client to authenticate
with the CIM server:
# cimuser -a -u username -w password
• To remove a user:
# cimuser -r -u username -w password
• To enable or disable service location protocol (SLP):
# cimconfig -s slp={true | false} -p
If SLP is enabled, see Table 2-1 for additional settings information.
Commands are of the format
cimconfig -s <propertyName>={true|false} -p
where <propertyName> is a column heading in Table 2-1.
Table 2-1. Additional Setting Information if SLP is Enabled
propertyName Behavior
runinternal
PegasusSLP
registerExternal
PegasusSLP
registerExternal
OpenSLP
register
Multiple
SLP
true false false false Internal Pegasus SLP is
started when CIM server
starts.
false true false false External Pegasus SLP
registration is run in
cimserver with a default
registration timeout set to
3 hours (same as the SLP
default timeout).
false false true false External OpenSLP
registration is run in CIM
server.
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