3.3.4.Drop-down Menus. Novell Security Manager Powered by Astaro

Installation and/or last line of the table.

Assigning the authentication method or interface:

Select the authentication method and/or interface by clicking on the check box.

This activates the new setting and moves it into the last line of the already selected entries.

Disabling an authentication method or interface:

Disable an entry by clicking on the activated check box in the corresponding line.

The entry is immediately disabled. The functions in this line will then be no longer available.

3.3.4.

Drop-down Menus

Drop-down menus are used to configure functions that can have only one of a few values. To use, simply select the value from the list: as a rule, values chosen in drop-down menus take effect immediately.

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3.3.5.

Lists

Lists are used, in contrast, to configure functions that not only allow more than one value to be configured, and where the listed objects do not need to be first defined by the administrator. In some instances, the order of the configured values is also relevant.

Each list can contain many pages of values, and each page displays ten entries.

The Interfaces menu, instance, uses a list to allow access to the Wireless LAN

Access Point.

The first row of the table shows the number of pages in the list on the left (the current page is shown in white) and the total number of entries on the right (next to the # symbol). Note that, if you roll the mouse over one of the red page numbers, a tooltip appears showing the first and last entries on that page (see picture at right). This can help to navigate quickly between pages.

The second row contains tools to control the display of the list. Note that these do not change the configuration information, but rather the way in which these entries are displayed within WebAdmin. In cases where order is important, only the order indicated by the numbers next to entries has an effect on the configuration of the function. The buttons and in the left-hand column display the list in ascending and descending numerical order respectively, while the and

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