DES-3500 Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Switch CLI Reference Manual
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Example usage:
To create a user-defined method list, named “Permit” for promoting user privileges to Administrator privileges:
DES-3500:admin#create authen_enable method_list_name Permit
Command: show authen_login method_list_name Permit
Success.
DES-3500:admin#
config authen_enable
Purpose
Used to configure a user-defined method list of authentication
methods for promoting normal user level privileges to Administrator
level privileges on the Switch.
Syntax
config authen_enable [default | method_list_name <string 15>]
method {tacacs | xtacacs | | radius | server_group
<string 15> | local_enable | none}
Description
This command is used to promote users with normal level privileges
to Administrator level privileges using authentication methods on the
Switch. Once a user acquires normal user level privileges on the
Switch, he or she must be authenticated by a method on the Switch
to gain administrator privileges on the Switch, which is defined by the
Administrator. A maximum of eight (8) enable method lists can be
implemented simultaneously on the Switch.
The sequence of methods implemented in this command will affect
the authentication result. For example, if a user enters a sequence of
methods like
tacacs – xtacacs – local_enable,
the Switch will send
an authentication request to the first
TACACS
host in the server
group. If no verification is found, the Switch will send an
authentication request to the second
TACACS
host in the server
group and so on, until the list is exhausted. At that point, the Switch
will restart the same sequence with the following protocol listed,
xtacacs
. If no authentication takes place using the
xtacacs
list, the
local_enable
password set in the Switch is used to authenticate the
user.
Successful authentication using any of these methods will give the
user an “Admin” level privilege.
Parameters
default
– The default method list for administration rights
authentication, as defined by the user. The user may choose one or
a combination of up to four (4) of the following authentication
methods:
tacacs
– Adding this parameter will require the user to be
authenticated using the
TACACS
protocol from the remote
TACACS
server hosts
of the TACACS
server group
list.
xtacacs
– Adding this parameter will require the user to be
authenticated using the
XTACACS
protocol from the remote
XTACACS
server hosts
of the XTACACS
server group
list.
– Adding this parameter will require the user to be
authenticated using the
protocol from the remote
server hosts
of the
server group
list.
radius
– Adding this parameter will require the user to be
authenticated using the
RADIUS
protocol from the remote
RADIUS
server hosts
of the RADIUS
server group
list.
server_group <string 15>
- Adding this parameter will
require the user to be authenticated using a user-defined
server group previously configured on the Switch.
