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Cisco Secure ACS 3.0 for Windows 2000/NT Servers User Guide
78-13751-01, Version 3.0
Chapter 7      Setting Up and Managing User Accounts
About User Databases
About User Databases
Cisco Secure ACS authenticates users against one of several possible databases, 
including its CiscoSecure user database. Regardless of which database you 
configure Cisco Secure ACS to use when authenticating a user, all users have 
accounts within the CiscoSecure user database, and authorization of users is 
always performed against the user records in the CiscoSecure user database. 
CiscoSecure user database—Authenticates a user from the local 
CiscoSecure user database. For more information, see the 
Tip
The following authentication types appear in the HTML interface only when 
the corresponding external user database has been configured in the Database 
Configuration area of the External User Databases section.
Windows NT/2000—Authenticates a user with an existing account in the 
Windows NT/2000 user database located in the local domain or in domains 
configured in the Windows NT/2000 user database. For more information, see 
th
Generic LDAP—Authenticates a user from a Generic LDAP external user 
database. For more information, see the 
.
Novell NDS—Authenticates a user using Novell NetWare Directory Services 
(NDS). For more information, see the 
.
ODBC Database—Authenticates a user from an Open Database 
Connectivity-compliant database server. For more information, see the 
LEAP Proxy RADIUS Server Database—Authenticates a user from an 
LEAP Proxy RADIUS server. For more information, see th
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Token Server—Authenticates a user from a token server database. 
Cisco Secure ACS supports the use of a variety of token servers for the 
increased security provided by one-time passwords. For more information, 
see the