Alcatel-Lucent 8950 AAA, User Manual

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19 Creating and Managing
User Profiles with Files
Overview
Purpose
A user profile is a set of information about a user. This information is used to authenticate
the user and authorize access to services. In 8950 AAA this information minimally
consists of a User-Name and Password and in many cases some sort of information
indicating the type of service the user is supposed to receive is included. More traditional
RADIUS servers often include verification attributes (often referred to as Check-Items)
and reply attributes (often referred to as Reply-Items) in the user profile. However, in 8950
AAA this is usually done with Attribute Sets. The information used in 8950 AAA for
authentication and authorization may come from a single source or may contain data
collected from several sources combined together to form a single logical user profile.
The SMT provides two means for managing user profiles: standard RADIUS user files
(text-based) and a built-in database. This chapter covers the use of the Server Management
Tool (SMT) to manage standard text-based RADIUS user files.
The User File panel allows you to create and edit create user files and to create and
maintain profiles for individual users in those files.
The following topics, included in this chapter, show how to create a user file and add and
edit user profiles.
The User File 19-2
The PolicyAssistant and User Files 19-2
The SMT User Files Panel 19-3
Creating an Attribute Set File 19-16