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LGB5028A User‘s Manual
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Chapter 7: Security
7.11 Auth Method
This page shows how to configure a user as authenticated when he logs into the switch via one of the management interfaces.
Web interface
To configure an authentication method in the Web interface:
1. Specify the client (console, Telnet, SSH, Web) that you want to monitor.
2. Specify the authentication method (none, local, radius, TACACS+).
3. Check the box next to “Fallback.”
4. Click ”Save.”
Figure 7-28. The Authentication Method Configuration screen.
Parameter Description
Client: The management client for which the configuration applies.
Authentication Method:
Authentication Method can be set to one of the following values:
• none: Authentication is disabled and login is not possible.
• local: Use the local user database on the switch for authentication.
• radius: Use a remote RADIUS server for authentication.
• tacacs+: Use a remote TACACS+ server for authentication.
Fallback:
Enable fallback to local authentication by checking this box.
If none of the configured authentication servers are alive, the local user database is used for authentication.
Buttons:
Save: Click to save changes.
Reset: Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.