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Confirm that the user's shell updated by running the following command and looking for /bin/aspshell at

the end of the output:

# grep username /etc/passwd

username:x:501:501:...:/home/username:/bin/aspshell

Note: If you use OpenSSH, sssd, and Active Directory for authentication: To make aspshell the default

shell for all domain users, first set up a local account for server administration because this change affects all

domain users. Then open /etc/sssd/sssd.conf and change default_shell from /bin/bash to /

bin/aspshell.

Configure user-specific transfer settings.

Besides the default (global) transfer settings, you can create user-specific and group-specific transfer settings. The

user-specific settings have the highest priority, overriding both group and global settings. For more information,

see Configuration Precedence on page 38.

To set user-specific values to authorize transfers in and out, docroot, and target rate, run the following commands:

# asconfigurator -x "set_user_data;user_name,username;authorization_transfer_in_value,allow"

# asconfigurator -x "set_user_data;user_name,username;authorization_transfer_out_value,allow"

# asconfigurator -x "set_user_data;user_name,username;absolute,docroot"

# asconfigurator -x

"set_user_data;user_name,username;transfer_in_bandwidth_flow_target_rate_default,rate"

# asconfigurator -x

"set_user_data;user_name,username;transfer_out_bandwidth_flow_target_rate_default,rate"

For more information about other user settings, see aspera.conf - Authorization Configuration on page 40,

aspera.conf - Transfer Configuration on page 42, and aspera.conf - File System Configuration on page 63.

Verify the configuration.

If you modify aspera.conf by editing the text, use the following command to verify the XML form and

values:

# /opt/aspera/bin/asuserdata -v

Restart asperanoded and asperacentral to activate your changes.

Run the following commands to restart asperanoded:

# systemctl restart asperanoded

or for Linux systems that use init.d:

# service asperanoded restart

Run the following command in a Terminal window to restart asperacentral:

# systemctl restart asperacentral

or for Linux systems that use init.d:

# service asperacentral restart

Setting Up Transfer Groups

Transfer settings can be applied to your system's user groups. If users within a group do not have individual transfer

settings, then the group's transfer settings are applied. HST Server doesn't create user groups on the operating system

for you, so you must ensure that the groups exist before adding them to your Aspera product.

Determine the user groups to add to your HST Server.

IBM Aspera HST User Manual

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