Authentication – Perle Systems IOLAN SCS User Manual

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Authentication

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IOLAN SDS/SCS/STS User’s Guide, Version 3.6

Authentication

In the Authentication window, you can select up to two methods of authentication made up of
external authentication options and/or the local user database.

Configure the following parameters:

Primary
Authentication
Method

The first authentication method that the IOLAN attempts.

Data Options: Local, RADIUS, Kerberos, LDAP, TACACS+, SecurID, NIS

Default: Local

Secondary
Authentication
Method

If the

Primary Authentication Method

fails, the next authentication method

that the IOLAN attempts. You can choose to use authentication methods in
combination. For example, you can specify the

Primary Authentication

Method

as

Local

and the

Secondary Authentication Method

as

RADIUS

.

Therefore, some users can be defined in the IOLAN (

Local

) others in

RADIUS

.

Data Options: None, Local, RADIUS, Kerberos, LDAP, TACACS+, SecurID,
NIS

Default: None

Settings Button

Click this button to configure the authentication method.

Only use as backup The secondary authentication method will be tried only when the IOLAN

cannot communicate with the primary authentication host.

Default: Disabled

Only authenticate
admin user in the
local database

When enabled, the IOLAN will only authenticate the admin user in the local
user database, regardless of any external authentication methods configured.
When disabled, a user called admin must exist when only external
authentication methods are configured, or you will not be able to access the
IOLAN as the admin user, except through the console port.

Default: Enabled

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