User authentication Example user configuration
IX10 User Guide
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In this example:
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The user's username is admin1.
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The user's password is password1.
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The authentication group on the IX10 device, admin, is identified in the Unix-FTP-
Group-Names parameter.
c. Save and close the users file.
2. Configure a user on the TACACS+ server:
a. On the ubuntu machine hosting the TACACS+ server, open the /etc/tacacs+/tac_plus.conf
file:
$ sudo gedit /etc/tacacs+/tac_plus.conf
b. Add a TACACS+ user to the tac_plus.conf file:
user = admin1 {
name ="Admin1 for TX64"
pap = cleartext password1
service = system {
groupname = admin
}
}
}
In this example:
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The user's username is admin1.
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The user's password is password1.
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The authentication group on the IX10 device, admin, is identified in the
groupname parameter.
c. Save and close the tac_plus.conf file.
3. Select the device in Remote Manager and click Actions > Open Console, or log into the IX10
local command line as a user with full Admin access rights.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
4. At the command line, type config to enter configuration mode:
> config
(config)>
5. Configure the authentication methods:
a. Determine the current authentication method configuration:
(config)> show auth method
0 local
(config)>
This output indicates that on this example system, only local authentication is configured.