Configuring authentication 203
You can add users to the database in two ways:
•manually, using the /cfg/doamin #/aaa/auth #/local/add
command
•by importing a database, using the /cfg/doamin #/aaa/auth
#/local/ import command
ATTENTION
The imported database overwrites existing entries in the local database.
You can use the local database for authorization only, after an external
authentication server has authenticated the user. To do so, use an asterisk
(*) for the user password in the local database. For information about
configuring the Nortel SNAS to perform external database authentication in
conjunction with local database authorization, see “Configuring advanced
settings” (page 179).
To manage users and their passwords in the local database, use the
following command:
/cfg/doamin #/aaa/auth #/local
The Local database menu appears.
The Local database menu includes the following options:
Table 43
Managing the local portal database
/cfg/doamin #/aaa/auth #/local
followed by:
add <user name>
<password> <group>
Adds a user to the local authentication
database. You are prompted for the following
information:
•user name—a string that specifies a
unique user logon name. There are no
restrictions on the NSNAS regarding
acceptable user names. However, if you
want the user name in the local database
to mirror the Windows login name, observe
Windows username conventions (for
example, keep the length to no more than
32 characters).
When the client attempts to log on to the
Nortel SNAS domain and local database
authentication is applied, the client is
Nortel Secure Network Access Switch
Using the Command Line Interface
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