Supported radius servers, Inactivity timeout, User’s guide – Dell Managed PDU LED User Manual

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Configuring a RADIUS server on UNIX

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with shadow passwords

If UNIX shadow password files are used (/etc/passwd) with the RADIUS dictionary files,
the following two methods can be used to authenticate users:
• If all UNIX users have administrative privileges, add the following to the RADIUS

“user” file. To allow only Device Users, change the DELL-Service-Type to Device.

DEFAULT

Auth-Type = System

DELL-Service-Type = Admin

• Add user names and attributes to the RADIUS “user” file, and verify the password

against /etc/passwd. The following example is for users bconners and thawk:

bconners

Auth-Type = System

DELL-Service-Type = Admin

thawk

Auth-Type = System

DELL-Service-Type = Device

Supported RADIUS servers

FreeRADIUS and Microsoft IAS 2003 are supported. Other commonly available
RADIUS applications may work but have not been fully tested.

Inactivity Timeout

Path: Administration > Security > Auto Log Off

Use this option to configure the time (3 minutes by default) that the system waits before
logging off an inactive user. If you change this value, you must log off for the change to
take effect.

This timer continues to run if a user closes the browser window without first
logging off by clicking

Log Off

at the upper right. Because that user is still

considered to be logged on, no user can log on until the time specified as

Minutes of Inactivity

expires. For example, with the default value for

Minutes of Inactivity

, if a user closes the browser window without logging off,

no user can log on for 3 minutes.

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