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Web Manager "Config" Menu Options 217
Configuring Authentication
5. Replace the default domain name with the name of your LDAP domain.
6. Pick an option from the Secure LDAP pull-down menu.
7. Enter an optional username in the “LDAP User Name” field.
8. Enter an optional password in the “LDAP Password” field.
9. Enter an optional login attribute in the “LDAP Login Attribute” field.
10. Click “Save and apply changes.”
The changes are stored in /etc/ldap.conf on the OnBoard.
Configuring a NIS Authentication Server
When an administrative user goes to Config → Authentication and selects
NIS from the “Authentication Type” pull-down menu, the fields shown in the
following figure appear.
Figure 7-17:Config → Authentication: NIS
The administrative user must obtain the needed information about the NIS
server from the server’s administrator and configure the server by filling in
these fields that display when the NIS authentication type is selected:
• NIS Domain Name
• NIS Server IP
T To Configure a NIS Authentication Server
Perform this procedure to identify the authentication server when the
OnBoard or any of its connected devices is to use the NIS authentication
method (NIS/DownLocal, Local/NIS or NIS/Local).
Work with the NIS server’s administrator to ensure that following types of
accounts are set up on the NIS server and that the administrators of the