Chapter 8 Managing Users and Identity Stores

Overview

Fixed components are:

Name

Description

Password

Enabled or disabled status

Identity group to which users belong Configurable components are:

Enable password for TACACS+ authentication

Sets of identity attributes that determine how the user definition is displayed and entered

Cisco recommends that you configure identity attributes before you create users. When identity attributes are configured:

You can enter the corresponding values as part of a user definition.

They are available for use in policy decisions when the user authenticates.

They can be used to populate the values returned for RADIUS attributes in an authorization profile. Internal user identity attributes are applied to the user for the duration of the user’s session.

Internal identity stores contain the internal user attributes and credential information used to authenticate internal users.

Internal host records are similar to internal user records, except that they do not contain any password information. Hosts are identified by their MAC addresses. For information on managing internal identity stores, see Managing Internal Identity Stores, page 8-4.

External Identity Stores

External identity stores are external databases on which ACS performs authentications for internal and external users. ACS 5.3 supports the following external identity stores:

LDAP

Active Directory

RSA SecurID Token Server

RADIUS Identity Server

External identity store user records include configuration parameters that are required to access the specific store. You can define attributes for user records in all the external identity stores except the RSA SecurID Token Server. External identity stores also include certificate information for the ACS server certificate and certificate authentication profiles.

For more information on how to manage external identity stores, see Managing External Identity Stores, page 8-22.

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