Nortel Secure Network Access Switch; Using The Command Line Interface - Nortel 325 series Cli Manual

You can add users to the database in two ways:
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ATTENTION
The imported database overwrites existing entries in the local database.
You can use the local database for authorization only, after an external
authentication server has authenticated the user. To do so, use an asterisk
(*) for the user password in the local database. For information about
configuring the Nortel SNAS to perform external database authentication in
conjunction with local database authorization, see
settings" (page
To manage users and their passwords in the local database, use the
following command:
/cfg/doamin #/aaa/auth #/local
The Local database menu appears.
The Local database menu includes the following options:
Table 43
Managing the local portal database
/cfg/doamin #/aaa/auth #/local
followed by:
add <user name>
<password> <group>
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manually, using the /cfg/doamin #/aaa/auth #/local/add
command
by importing a database, using the /cfg/doamin #/aaa/auth
#/local/ import command
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Nortel Secure Network Access Switch

Using the Command Line Interface

NN47230-100 03.01 Standard
28 July 2008
Configuring authentication 203
"Configuring advanced
Adds a user to the local authentication
database. You are prompted for the following
information:
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user name—a string that specifies a
unique user logon name. There are no
restrictions on the NSNAS regarding
acceptable user names. However, if you
want the user name in the local database
to mirror the Windows login name, observe
Windows username conventions (for
example, keep the length to no more than
32 characters).
When the client attempts to log on to the
Nortel SNAS domain and local database
authentication is applied, the client is