Enable Method Lists - D-Link DGS-3427 User Manual

Parameter
Method List Name
Method 1, 2, 3, 4

Enable Method Lists

The Enable Method Lists window is used to set up Method Lists to promote users with user level privileges to
Administrator (Admin) 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 on the
Switch, one of which is a default Enable Method List. This default Enable Method List cannot be deleted but can be
configured.
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 - XTACACS - 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, XTACACS. If no authentication takes place using the XTACACS 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" privilege.
NOTE: To set the Local Enable Password, see the next section, entitled Local Enable Password.
To view the following table, click Security Management > Access Authentication Control > Enable Method Lists:
To delete an Enable Method List defined by the user, click the
desired to be deleted. To modify an Enable Method List, click on its hyperlinked Method List Name. To configure a
Method List, click the Add button.
xStack DGS-3400 Series Fast Ethernet Switch
Description
Enter a method list name defined by the user of up to 15 characters.
The user may add one, or a combination of up to four (4) of the following
authentication methods to this method list:
tacacs - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
TACACS protocol from a remote TACACS server.
xtacacs - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
XTACACS protocol from a remote XTACACS server.
tacacs+ - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
TACACS+ protocol from a remote TACACS+ server.
radius - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
RADIUS protocol from a remote RADIUS server.
server_group - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated
using a user-defined server group previously configured on the Switch.
local - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
local user account database on the Switch.
none - Adding this parameter will require no authentication to access the Switch.
Figure 8- 18. Enable Method List Settings window
under the Delete heading corresponding to the entry
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