Enabling the Hardened security profile

Last Updated : Mar 23, 2026 |
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Use this procedure to enable hardened security profile for Session Manager.
  1. Log in to the Session Manager command line interface.
  2. Switch to the root user or sroot user using one of the following commands:
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
    • su - root
    • su - sroot
  3. Run the following command:
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: setSecurityPolicy
  4. At the prompt, select the profile to use.
    STEP RESULT: 
    Profiles
    
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1) Standard
    
2) Hardened
    
3) Military
    
4) Custom
    

    
Select profile: 
  5. To select Hardened profile, type 2 and press Enter.
    STEP RESULT:
    The system displays the following message: 
    This profile will enable FIPS.  This will result in certain
    
features being disabled and requires a reboot. Once the hardened
    
profile is selected it cannot be reversed. The Session Manager
    
would need to be reloaded. Consult documentation for further details.
    

    
Do you want to continue? [yes/no]:
  6. At the prompt, type y and press Enter.
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
    The Session Manager reboots for changes to take effect.
    Note:
    When you run the setSecurityPolicy command, you also select the boot password. You must log in to the VMware or KVM console and enter the boot password after Session Manager restarts.