Casio P460 manual User Authentication, Local User Accounts, Access Levels

Chapter 9

User Authentication

Introduction

User Authentication is an important element of maintaining secure networks. It prevents unauthorized network management and stops users from reconfiguring network devices.

Local User Accounts

The Local User Account feature allows you to define up to ten accounts that can manage a local (single) P460 switch. This simplifies administration on small networks or where users do not log in to more than one switch.

Note: If you wish to define more than ten users per switch, or accounts for a user on multiple switches, you should use RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service). Refer to “RADIUS“ on page 57.

You need to define a user name, password and access level for each user.

Access Levels

In addition to the user name and password, you need to assign an access level for each user. There are three access levels, each of which allows the user only to perform certain actions. Refer to Table 9.1 for a brief description of each level.

Table 9.1	Access Level Descriptions
Level		Suitable for...	Allows...
Read-only		General users	Viewing of system parameter values.
Read-write		Site personnel	Access to configuration options.
Administrator		Network	As “read-write” plus configuring Local
		administrator	User accounts and access to RADIUS
			authentication configuration commands

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