10: User Authentication
SecureLinx SLC User Guide
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(Terminal Access
Controller Access
Control System)
allows a remote access server to communicate
with an authentication server to determine whether the user
has access to the network. is a completely new
protocol and is not compatible with TACACS or XTACACS.
The SLC supports only.
3. To disable a method currently in the
Enabled methods
list, select the method and
click the
right
arrow
between the lists.
4. To set the order in which the SLC will authenticate users, use the
up
and
down
arrows
to the left of the
Enabled methods
list.
5. For
Attempt next method on authentication rejection
, you have the following
options:
To enable the SLC to use all methods, in order of precedence, until it obtains a
successful authentication, select the check box. This is the default.
To enable the SLC to use only the first authentication method that responds (in
case a server is down or unavailable), clear the check box.
6. Click
Apply
.
Now that you have enabled one or more authentication methods, you must configure
them.
Authentication Commands
The following command for the command line interface corresponds to the web page
entries described above.
To set ordering of authentication methods:
Note:
Local Users authentication is always the first method used. Any methods omitted from the
command will be disabled.
set auth <one or more parameters>
Parameters:
authusenextmethod <
enable
|disable>
kerberos
<1-6>
ldap
<1-6>
localusers <1-6>
nis
<1-6>
radius
<1-6>
tacacs
<1-6>
To view authentication methods and their order of precedence:
show auth
