Configuring Netware User Authentication - Adaptec RAID 3085 User Manual

Getting Started Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager

Configuring NetWare User Authentication

This section describes two ways to configure NetWare user authentication.
Out-of-box Authentication
Administrative Access—Granted exclusively to the Admin user account, which must be
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defined within the NetWare Bindery context of the server running the Adaptec Storage
Manager Agent.
User Access—Granted to all Bindery and NetWare Directory Services (NDS) user
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accounts. For NDS users, the user account must reside within the same tree as the server
running the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent.
When logging into Adaptec Storage Manager, NDS users must provide the fully
distinguished account name.
NDS Authentication
NDS authentication is based on NDS group membership.
To set up NDS group membership:
1
Create and populate an NDS group for storage administration.
Note:
The group must reside within the same NDS tree as the server running the Adaptec
Storage Manager Agent.
2
Install Adaptec Storage Manager (see
3
Add this entry to the SYS:\RaidMan\RaidAgnt.pps file:
agent.group.NetWareStorageAdmin:<fully distinguished group name>
For example:
agent.group.NetWareStorageAdmin: .CN\=StorageAdmins.O\=Acme
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Restart the server.
Limited user access is granted to all NDS user accounts.
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