Enable Admin - D-Link DGS-3000 Series Reference Manual

In order for the TACACS / XTACACS / TACACS+ / RADIUS security function to work properly, a TACACS /
XTACACS / TACACS+ / RADIUS server must be configured on a device other than the Switch, called an
Authentication Server Host and it must include usernames and passwords for authentication. When the user is
prompted by the Switch to enter usernames and passwords for authentication, the Switch contacts the TACACS /
XTACACS / TACACS+ / RADIUS server to verify, and the server will respond with one of three messages:
The server verifies the username and password, and the user is granted normal user privileges on the Switch.
The server will not accept the username and password and the user is denied access to the Switch.
The server doesn't respond to the verification query. At this point, the Switch receives the timeout from the server and
then moves to the next method of verification configured in the method list.
The Switch has four built-in Authentication Server Groups, one for each of the TACACS, XTACACS, TACACS+ and
RADIUS protocols. These built-in Authentication Server Groups are used to authenticate users trying to access the
Switch. The users will set Authentication Server Hosts in a preferable order in the built-in Authentication Server
Groups and when a user tries to gain access to the Switch, the Switch will ask the first Authentication Server Hosts for
authentication. If no authentication is made, the second server host in the list will be queried, and so on. The built-in
Authentication Server Groups can only have hosts that are running the specified protocol. For example, the TACACS
Authentication Server Groups can only have TACACS Authentication Server Hosts.
The administrator for the Switch may set up six different authentication techniques per user-defined method list
(TACACS / XTACACS / TACACS+ / RADIUS / local / none) for authentication. These techniques will be listed in an
order preferable, and defined by the user for normal user authentication on the Switch, and may contain up to eight
authentication techniques. When a user attempts to access the Switch, the Switch will select the first technique listed
for authentication. If the first technique goes through its Authentication Server Hosts and no authentication is returned,
the Switch will then go to the next technique listed in the server group for authentication, until the authentication has
been verified or denied, or the list is exhausted.
Users granted access to the Switch will be granted normal user privileges on the Switch. To gain access to
administrator level privileges, the user must access the Enable Admin window and then enter a password, which was
previously configured by the administrator of the Switch.
NOTE: TACACS, XTACACS and TACACS+ are separate entities and are not compatible. The Switch
and the server must be configured exactly the same, using the same protocol. (For example, if the Switch
is set up for TACACS authentication, so must be the host server.)

Enable Admin

Users who have logged on to the Switch on the normal user level and wish to be promoted to the administrator level
can use this window. After logging on to the Switch, users will have only user level privileges. To gain access to
administrator level privileges, the user will open this window and will have to enter an authentication password.
Possible authentication methods for this function include TACACS/XTACACS/TACACS+/RADIUS, user defined server
groups, local enable (local account on the Switch), or no authentication (none). Because XTACACS and TACACS do
not support the enable function, the user must create a special account on the server host, which has the username
"enable", and a password configured by the administrator that will support the "enable" function. This function
becomes inoperable when the authentication policy is disabled.
To view this window, click Security > Access Authentication Control > Enable Admin as shown below:
DGS-3000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Switch Web UI Reference Guide
Figure 8-60 Enable Admin window
255