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User's Manual 16. Services
also determined by the Web Users table. To configure local Web/CLI users in the Web
Users table, see ''Configuring Web User Accounts'' on page 82.
Notes:
• This feature is applicable to LDAP and RADIUS servers.
• This feature is applicable only to user management authentication.
 To use the Web Users table for authenticating management users:
1. Open the Authentication Settings page (Configuration tab > System menu >
Management > Authentication Settings).
Figure 16-14: Authentication Settings Page - Local Database for Login Authentication
2. Under General Login Authentication Settings:
• Configure when the Web Users table must be used to authenticate login users.
From the 'Use Local Users Database' drop-down list, select one of the following:
♦ When No Auth Server Defined (default): When no LDAP/RADIUS server
is configured or if a server is configured but connectivity with the server is
down (if the server is up, the device authenticates the user with the server).
♦ Always: First attempts to authenticate the user using the Web Users table,
but if not found, it authenticates the user with the LDAP/RADIUS server.
• Configure whether the Web Users table must be used to authenticate login users
upon connection timeout with the server. From the 'Behavior upon Authentication
Server Timeout' drop-down list, select one of the following:
♦ Deny Access: User is denied access to the management platform.
♦ Verify Access Locally (default): The device verifies the user's credentials
in the Web Users table.
3. Click Submit.
16.3.10 LDAP-based Login Authentication Example
To facilitate your understanding on LDAP entry data structure and how to configure the
device to use and obtain information from this LDAP directory, a brief configuration
example is described in this section. The example applies to LDAP-based user login
authentication and authorization (access level), and assumes that you are familiar with
other aspects of LDAP configuration (e.g., LDAP server's address).
The LDAP server's entry data structure schema in the example is as follows:
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