Changing Ports and Line Endings

To change the port or line ending used on a password changer, click the password changer on the Configure Password Changers page and then click Edit. There, you can choose the line ending and port used by the device. By default, line endings are set to New Line (\n), however some devices and applications (such as HP iLO) use a different line ending system. The port defaults to 22 for SSH connections and 23 for Telnet connections.

For the built in Windows password changer there is a ports text-entry field available that can be filled in to help ensure a computer is listening. This can be used if DNS returns multiple IP addresses for a single box and only one is valid. For example, a laptop might get two IP addresses for an Ethernet and wireless connection, but if it is unplugged the Ethernet IP is invalid. In this case, Secret Server can do a reverse lookup and test each IP until it is able to connect on one of the specified ports. When it gets a response, it uses that IP for the password change.