Chapter 4 Configuring Cisco Access Registrar 4.2

Configuring a Basic Site

Cisco AR, by default, specifies a Service called local-usersthat has the type local and uses the Default UserList (Figure 4-1).

Figure 4-1 Choosing Appropriate Services

 

 

Services

UserLists

 

 

local-users

Default

 

 

 

users

Request

Choose

local-file

 

 

 

 

service

 

 

 

 

 

 

group

 

 

 

 

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Displaying the Default UserList

Step 1 Use the cd command to change to UserLists/Default: cd /Radius/Userlists/Default

Step 2 Use the ls -Rcommand to display the properties of the three users:

ls -R

Cisco AR displays the three sample users:

bob who is configured as a PPP user

jane who is configured as a Telnet user

joe who is configured as either a PPP or Telnet user depending on how he logs in.

Adding Users to UserLists

Use the aregcmd command add to create a user under a UserList. The following lists the steps required to add a user:

Step 1 Use the add command to specify the name of a user and an optional description on one command line.

add jane

Added jane

Step 2 Change directory to jane.

cd jane

[ //localhost/Radius/UserLists/Default/jane ]

Name = jane

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