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Chapter 11 Working with User Databases
ODBC Database
Step 9
To delete an existing tree configuration, select the Delete Tree check box.
Step 10
Click Submit.
Result: Cisco Secure ACS saves the NDS configuration you created. You can add
it to your Unknown User Policy or assign specific user accounts to use this
database for authentication. For more information about the Unknown User
Policy, see
Unknown User Processing, page 12-1
. For more information about
configuring user accounts to authenticate using this database, see
Chapter 7,
“Setting Up and Managing User Accounts.”
ODBC Database
As with Windows NT/2000 database support, Cisco Secure ACS
ODBC-compliant relational database support enables you to make use of existing
user records held in an external ODBC-compliant relational database.
Configuring Cisco Secure ACS to authenticate against an ODBC-compliant
relational database does not affect the configuration of the relational database. To
manage your relational database, refer to your relational database documentation.
The Windows ODBC feature enables you to create a data source name (DSN),
which specifies the database and other important parameters necessary for
communicating with the database. Among the parameters you provide are the
username and password required for the ODBC driver to gain access to your
ODBC-compliant relational database.
This section contains the following topics:
•
What is Supported with ODBC User Databases, page 11-40
•
Cisco Secure ACS Authentication Process with an ODBC External User
Database, page 11-41
•
Preparing to Authenticate Users with an ODBC-Compliant Relational
Database, page 11-42
•
Implementation of Stored Procedures for ODBC Authentication, page 11-43
•
Microsoft SQL Server and Case-Sensitive Passwords, page 11-44
•
Sample Routine for Generating a PAP Authentication SQL Procedure,
page 11-45