Minimal user requirement for OpenManage login

[Amyangshu_Dev at Dell.com]

The webserver is the Servertec Internet Web Server (www.servertec.com)
and it is open source now.

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Matt Domsch
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 7:29 AM
To: Kenneth Holter
Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Re: Minimal user requirement for OpenManage login

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 04:33:33PM +0100, Kenneth Holter wrote:
> 
>    Well, I don't think it's Apache serving that web interface, as
there isn't
>    any httpd packages installed. Running netstat doesn't reveal what
program
>    is listening to port 1311, so does anyone know what kind of web
server is
>    serving the web interface? Is this some kind of linux kernel
internal web
>    server or something?

It's a commercial web server written in Java.  It should show up in
netstat if it's running.

As for user authentication, it uses PAM.  I haven't tried, but I
expect a user with a shell of /bin/false and no home directory would
suffice.

-- 
Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux

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