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Customize an SSH Device XML File

The SSH Device XML file defines how PUPM connects to an SSH Device endpoint, discovers user accounts, and changes privileged account passwords on the endpoint.CA Access Control provides several different SSH Device XML files. These files contain the default settings that PUPM uses to connect to the various types of SSH Device endpoints.

If an SSH Device endpoint uses an alternate t method to change privileged account passwords on the endpoint, customize the SSH Device XML file to specify the nondefault settings. For example, customize the SSH Device XML file to create an endpoint for a router, switch, or firewall that uses a nonstandard method to discover user accounts and change privileged account passwords.

Follow these steps:

  1. On CA Access Control Enterprise Management, locate the XML file that you want to customize. The files are located in the following directory: 
    ACServerInstallDir/Connector Server/conf/override/sshdyn
  2. Duplicate the file that you want to customize and open the new file for editing.

    Note: Save the new file in the same directory.

  3. Modify the parameters in the file to suit your enterprise requirements.

    Each <item> element in the file defines the parameters for a specific command. PUPM uses these commands to get users and change passwords on the endpoint. You modify the <item> elements to define the commands that PUPM sends to the endpoint. You can also modify the settings that PUPM uses to connect to the endpoint.

  4. Save and close the file.

    You have customized the SSH Device XML file for the endpoint.

Note: For more information about the format of the SSH Device XML file, see the Reference Guide.

Note: If you are customizing the file with Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters, save the file using UTF-8 encoding.

More information:

The SSH Device XML File