User`s guide

DGS-3100 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Manual
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which is defined by the Administrator. A maximum of eight (8)
enable method lists can be implemented on the Switch.
Parameters <string 12> - Defines the authen_enable method_list_name to be
created as a string of up to 12 alphanumeric characters.
Restrictions Only administrator-level users can issue this command.
Example usage:
To create a user-defined method list, named “Permit” for promoting user privileges to Adminstrator privileges:
DGS3100# create authen_enable method_list_name Permit
Success.
DGS3100#
config authen_enable
Purpose To configure a user-defined method list of authentication methods
for promoting normal user level privileges to Administrator level
privileges on the Switch.
Syntax
config authen_enable [default | method_list_name <string 12>]
method {tacacs+ | radius | local_enable | none}
Description The config authen_enable command configures a user-defined list
of authentication methods for promoting normal user level privileges
to Administrator level privileges using authentication methods on the
Switch. Once a user acquires normal user level privileges on the
Switch, he or she must be authenticated by a method on the Switch
to gain administrator privileges on the Switch, which is defined by
the Administrator. A maximum of eight (8) enable method lists can
be implemented simultaneously on the Switch.
The sequence of methods implemented in this command will affect
the authentication result. For example, if a user enters a sequence
of methods like tacacs+ – radius – local_enable, the Switch will send
an authentication request to the first TACACS+ host in the server
group. If no verification is found, the Switch will send an
authentication request to the second TACACS+ host in the server
group and so on, until the list is exhausted. At that point, the Switch
will restart the same sequence with the following protocol listed,
radius. If no authentication takes place using the radius list, the
local_enable password set in the Switch is used to authenticate the
user.
Successful authentication using any of these methods will give the
user an “Admin” level privilege.
Parameters default – The default method list for adminstration rights
authentication, as defined by the user. The user may choose one or
more of the following authentication methods:
• tacacs+ – Specifies that the user is to be authenticated
using the TACACS+ protocol from the remote TACACS+
server hosts of the TACACS+ server group list.
• radius – Specifies that the user is to be authenticated using
the RADIUS protocol from the remote RADIUS server hosts
of the RADIUS server group list.