Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual
Chapter 6 Configuring authentication 261
Nortel Secure Network Access Switch 4050 User Guide
Configuring local database authentication using the CLI
You can configure the Nortel SNAS 4050 domain to use a local database for
authentication. To configure the Local database method, perform the following
steps:
authentication. To configure the Local database method, perform the following
steps:
1
Create the Local database method (see
).
2
Populate the database (see
3
Save a backup copy of the database, using the
/cfg/domain 1/aaa/
auth #/local/export
command (see
).
4
Modify settings for the authentication method itself, if desired (see
5
Set the authentication order (see
Adding the local database authentication method using the CLI
To create the Local database authentication method, use the following command:
/cfg/domain 1/aaa/auth <auth ID>
Note: If you ran the quick setup wizard during initial setup, Local
database authentication has been created with authentication ID = 1. The
database contains one test user (
database authentication has been created with authentication ID = 1. The
database contains one test user (
tg
), who belongs to a group called
tunnelguard. To continue configuring the local database, go to
.