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Change the Allow check password Setting

The Allow check password setting allows a DSA to delegate the password check to another DSA.

You can set the value for this configuration item at the following levels:

To change the Allow check password setting

  1. Log in to DXmanager as a user with the Change or Superuser role.
  2. Ensure that DXmanager is in Edit mode.
  3. To change this value for the whole backbone, do the following:
    1. Click the Maps tab and display the Topology map.
    2. Right-click on the Backbone icon, and then select Edit properties.
    3. In the Security section, click the Show advanced link.
    4. Check or uncheck the Allow check password box.
  4. To change this value for a single namespace partition, do the following:
    1. Click the Maps tab and display the Namespace map.
    2. Right-click on the partition you want this setting applied to, and then select Edit properties.
    3. In the Security section, click the Show advanced link.

      The inherited value for this setting is displayed here.

      If the value is set at this level and you want to make it inherited, click Inherit.

      If the value is inherited and you want to change it, click Override, and then check or uncheck the Allow check password box.

  5. Click OK.


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