Chapter 6. Menu Options
Authentication Settings
Figure 6-32. LDAP and other Authentication Settings
On this screen you can specify where the ASMI module will look in order to authenticate the users. You
can either use "Local Authentication", this means you need to have created the user account on the ASMI
module and the user/group information residing on the ASMI module will be used for authentication.
The other options allow you to specify an LDAP or RADIUS Server to use for the login authentication.
These methods are very useful when you want to map users into specific groups which have certain
privileges. It is usually far easier and simpler to refer to already existing groups, rather than having to
re-enter everything into the ASMI module.
Note: Whatever you configure you can always login over the network as the super-user "super". The
super-user is always authenticated and authorized locally, so you always have a "back door" to
access the ASMI module.
LDAP Access
The ASMI module uses LDAP only for authentication (password verification). User privileges and
private settings are still stored locally in the ASMI module. That’s why, a user account has to be created
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