Nortel Networks 4050 Configuring authentication of system users using the CLI, Cfg/sys/adm/auth

492Chapter 10 Configuring system settings

Configuring authentication of system users using the CLI

You can configure the Nortel SNAS 4050 cluster to use an external RADIUS server to authenticate system users. Authentication applies to both CLI and SREM users.

The user name and password defined on the RADIUS server must be the same as the user name and password defined on the Nortel SNAS 4050. When the user logs on, the RADIUS server authenticates the password. The user group (admin, oper, or certadmin) is picked up from the local definition of the user.

For more information about specifying user names, passwords, and group assignments for Nortel SNAS 4050 system users, see “Managing system users and groups” on page 353.

When you add an external RADIUS authentication server to the configuration, the server is automatically assigned an index number. You can add several RADIUS authentication servers, for backup purposes. Nortel SNAS 4050 authentication will be performed by an available server with the lowest index number. You can control authentication server usage by reassigning index numbers (see “Managing RADIUS authentication servers using the CLI” on page 493).

To configure the Nortel SNAS 4050 to support RADIUS authentication of system users, use the following command:

/cfg/sys/adm/auth

The Authentication menu displays.

The Authentication menu includes the following options:

/cfg/sys/adm/auth

followed by:

servers

Accesses the RADIUS Authentication Servers menu, in order to configure external RADIUS authentication servers for the cluster (see “Managing RADIUS authentication servers using the CLI” on page 493).

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