DGS-3024 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Manual
tacacs - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the TACACS protocol from a remote TACACS server.
xtacacs - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the XTACACS protocol from a remote XTACACS server.
tacacs+ - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the TACACS protocol from a remote TACACS server.
server_group - Adding a previously configured server group will require the user to be authenticated using a
Configure Local Enable Password
This window will configure the locally enabled password for the Enable Admin command. When a user chooses the "local_enable" method to promote user level privileges to administrator privileges, he or she will be prompted to enter the password configured here that is locally set on the Switch.
To view the following window, click Security > Access Authentication Control > Configure Local Enable Password:
| Figure 8- 21. Configure Local Enable Password window | |
To set the Local Enable Password, set the following parameters and click Apply. | ||
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Old Local Enable | If a password was previously configured for this entry, enter it here in order to |
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Password | change it to a new password |
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New Local Enable | Enter the new password that you wish to set on the Switch to authenticate users |
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Password | attempting to access Administrator Level privileges on the Switch. The user may set |
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| a password of up to 15 characters. |
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Confirm Local Enable | Confirm the new password entered above. Entering a different password here from |
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Password | the one set in the New Local Enabled field will result in a fail message. |
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Click Apply to implement changes made.
Enable Admin
The Enable Admin window is for users who have logged on to the Switch on the normal user level, and wish to be promoted to the administrator level. After logging on to the Switch, users will have only user level privileges. To gain access to administrator level privileges, the user will open this window and will have to enter an authentication password. Possible authentication methods for this function include TACACS/XTACACS/TACACS+/RADIUS, user defined server groups, local enable (local account on the Switch), or no authentication (none). Because XTACACS and TACACS do not support the enable function, the user must create a special account on the server host, which has the username "enable", and a
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