Introduction; Authentication Service Configuration Task List; Creating An Authentication Service - Patton electronics SmartNode Series Software Configuration Manual

SmartWare Software Configuration Guide

Introduction

This chapter describes how to configure authentication services in SmartWare. The Authentication Service is a
data base that manages Authentication Credentials of one or more Realm. A Realm is an Authentication Zone or
Authentication Domain that defines the authentication responsibility in a network. Each Authentication Creden-
tial created in an Authentication Service belongs to the defined Realm and exists on a User Name and an
optional Password. It is also possible to create an Authentication Service without specifying a Realm, which
represents the default realm. Whenever authentication is required and the provided Realm doesn't exist in an
Authentication Service, this default realm will be considered to find the right Authentication Credentials.
Authentication Service configuration task list
The following section describes how to create a new authentication service and how to enter the configuration
mode of an existing service. Additionally, it describes all commands and sub commands of the authentication
service configuration mode. All configuration tasks for Authentication Services are listed below.
• Create an Authentication Service (see
• Configure a Realm (see
• Configure the authentication protocol (see
• Create credentials (see

Creating an Authentication Service

The authentication-service command enters the configuration mode of an existing authentication or creates a
new one if the requested service does not yet exist. The no form of the command destroys the authentication
service.
Mode: Configure
Step
1 [node](cfg)# [no] authentication-service
<name>
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