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Security Configuration
The Security Configuration menu provides two submenus for setting local versus LDAP authentication methods and for applying
IP filtering rules to prevent unwanted access to the IPDU-Sx.
Figure 117- Text Menu-Security Configuration
Authentication Settings
Security in the IPDU-Sx can be managed one of two ways; through the local settings (passwords assigned in user settings on
page 91) or through an LDAP server. If security is configured to use LDAP mode, then the passwords for users must be those
found on a configured LDAP server.
Select “Authentication Settings” from the list and press <
Enter
>. A menu providing an option to either user Local authentication
or LDAP mode. When in LDAP mode, usernames on the LDAP server must match those in the user settings of the IPDU-Sx or
access will be denied.
Note: When the root user logs with the IPDU-Sx in LDAP mode, if the LDAP server is not responding, local authentication
will be tried.
Figure 118- Text Menu-Authentication Settings
