Nortel Networks 450 series Switch User Manual


 
178 Configuring authentication
Table 32
Configuring Authentication (cont’d.)
/cfg/doamin #/aaa/auth <auth ID>
followed by:
name <name> Names or renames the method. After you have
defined a name for the method, you can use
either the method name or the
auth ID to
access the Authentication menu.
name is a string that must be unique in the
domain. The maximum allowable length
of the string is 255 characters, but Nortel
recommends a maximum of 32 characters.
In future releases of the Nortel SNAS software,
you will be able to reference this string in a
client filter, so that authentication to the server
in question becomes a condition for access
rights for a group.
display
Specifies a name for the method, to display
in the Login Service list box on the portal
login page, together with the names of other
authentication services available.
radius|ldap|local
Accesses a method-specific menu, in order to
configure settings for the method. The option
displayed depends on the method type.
radius—accesses the RADIUS menu
(see “Configuring RADIUS authentication”
(page 180))
ldap—accesses the LDAP menu (see
“Configuring LDAP authentication” (page
187))
local—accesses the Local database
menu (see “Configuring local database
authentication” (page 200))
adv
Accesses the Advanced menu, in order to
configure the current method to retrieve group
information from other authentication schemes
(see “Configuring advanced settings” (page
179)).
del
Removes the method from the Nortel SNAS
domain.
Nortel Secure Network Access Switch
Using the Command Line Interface
NN47230-100 03.01 Standard
28 July 2008
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