Managing Local Access Server Security

Managing Local Access Server Security

Introduction

The tasks described in this section cover the configuration of the local access server realm and setup of local user accounts.

Configuration of server security involves:

Access server realm configuration

Local user account configuration parameter

Defining the Realm

Realm names must be unique within a given type of authentication.

In the case of the server realm, the realm name indicates local (or NAS) authentication.

The SET/DEFINE/CHANGE CLEAR/PURGE REALM realm-namecommand family sets up and tears down the various realms used to identify particular administrative domains.

Example: Setting the Server Realm

In the following example, the command defines a new server realm. The keyword realm-nameis the proper name of the newly defined realm. Before using this new realm, you must assign additional realm parameters to it.

Local> SET SERVER REALM JONAS.COM

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