HP-UX AAA Server A.08.02 Administrator's Guide
To add, or modify a user’s profile, complete the following steps:
1. From the navigation tree, click Users.
The Users screen appears as shown in Figure 29.
2. To add a new user, click the icon corresponding to the New user link. The Add Users
screen appears as shown in Figure 30.
Figure 30 The Add Users Screen
3. Enter values in the form as per the instructions in Table 20.
Table 20 General Attributes in the Add User Screen
DescriptionAttribute Name
Value to compare to the User-Name attribute value in the request. It must
be less than 64 characters. &, “, ~, \, /,%, $, ‘, and space characters
cannot be used.
User Name
Use this field to supersede the Authentication type specified in the user’s
realm. Selecting Local will use the authentication method specified by
the user’s realm.
Authentication Type
Enter the password in the Password field. Enter the same password in
the Confirm Password to confirm it.
Password and Confirm Password
Choose how you want to store user passwords by selecting a hashing
method. Select Plain Text to be compatible with most client password
Password Hashing Mechanism
hashing methods. If you prefer not to use Plain Text, be sure the
password storing mechanism you choose is compatible with the client
password hashing method.
Indicates a type of provided service. When used as a reply item, the
server returns the value to the access device as an instruction to
Service Type: Check/Reply
determine the service to provide. When used as a check item, the server
will reject an Access-Request that does not include a hint for the
specified service type.
Sets the maximum number of seconds of service to be provided to the
user before termination of the session or prompt.
Session Timeout (optional)
Sets the maximum number of consecutive seconds of idle connection
allowed to the user before termination of the session or prompt.
Idle Timeout (optional)
This attribute indicates the name of the filter list for this user. Different
attribute values can be used to add more than one Filter-ID reply item
Filter ID (optional)
to an entry. Identifying a filter list by name allows the filter to be used
on different NAS(s) without regard to filter-list implementation details.
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