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SmartWare Software Configuration Guide
50 • Authentication Service
Introduction
This chapter describes how to configure authentication services in SmartWare. The
Authentication Service
is a
data base that manages
Authentication Credentials
of one or more
Realm
. A
Realm
is an
Authentication Zone
or
Authentication Domain
that defines the authentication responsibility in a network. Each
Authentication Creden-
tial
created in an Authentication Service belongs to the defined Realm and exists on a User Name and an
optional Password. It is also possible to create an Authentication Service without specifying a Realm, which
represents the default realm. Whenever authentication is required and the provided Realm doesn't exist in an
Authentication Service, this default realm will be considered to find the right Authentication Credentials.
Authentication Service configuration task list
The following section describes how to create a new authentication service and how to enter the configuration
mode of an existing service. Additionally, it describes all commands and sub commands of the authentication
service configuration mode. All configuration tasks for Authentication Services are listed below.
•
Create an Authentication Service (see
page 600
)
•
Configure a Realm (see
page 601
)
•
Configure the authentication protocol (see
page 601
)
•
Create credentials (see
page 601
)
Creating an Authentication Service
The
authentication-service
command enters the configuration mode of an existing authentication or creates a
new one if the requested service does not yet exist. The
no
form of the command destroys the authentication
service.
Mode:
Configure
Step
Command
Purpose
1
[
node
](cfg)# [no] authentication-service
<name>
Creates/Destroys an authentication service or
enters configuration mode.