4: Configuring the Web Interface
Ports > Physical Ports > Access
The Access form of the Ports menu is used to assign users and groups to an authentication services. You also select the authentication service from this form.
A summary of authentication services that you can configure from this form is as follows:
Authentication Type | Definition |
None | No authentication. |
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Local | Authentication is performed locally (i.e., using the / |
| etc/passwd file). |
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Remote | This is for a terminal profile only. The unit takes in a |
| username but does not use it for authentication. |
| Instead it passes it to the remote server where it is |
| then used for authentication. |
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Radius | Authentication is performed using a Radius |
| authentication server. |
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TacacsPlus | Authentication is performed using a TacacsPlus |
| authentication server. |
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Ldap | Authentication is performed against an ldap database |
| using an ldap server. |
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Kerberos | Authentication is performed using a Kerberos server. |
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Local/Radius | Authentication is performed locally first, switching |
| to Radius if unsuccessful. |
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Radius/Local | The opposite of the previous option. |
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Local/TacacsPlus | Authentication is performed locally first, switching |
| to TacacsPlus if unsuccessful. |
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TacacsPlus/Local | The opposite of the previous option. |
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RadiusDownLocal | Local authentication is tried only when the Radius |
| server is down. |
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TacacsPlusDownLocal | Local authentication is tried only when the |
| TacacsPlus server is down. |
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kerberosDownLocal | Local authentication is tried only when the kerberos |
| server is down. |
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ldapDownLocal | Local authentication is tried only when the ldap |
| server is down. |
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