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Configuring Windows NT domain authentication
Windows NT Domain authentication lets ClusterCATS authenticate administrators
that have been added to a Windows NT domain user group.
Note
This authentication mode can only be used on NT servers.
Before you can enable NT domain authentication on any specific cluster, you must
create an NT global user group within the domain you want to secure. You can do
this using the standard Windows NT User Manager for Domains utility. After you
create a user group, add users to it, and enable the NT Domain authentication mode
from the ClusterCATS Explorer, all users you add to that group are automatically
authenticated to view and change the cluster. All servers in the cluster must reside in
the same Windows NT domain unless a trusted relationship is set up between two or
more domains.
A global group must exist in the domain from which the ClusterCATS Explorer is
executed. Cluster members in other domains need only the trust relationship.
ClusterCATS Explorer determines what servers exist in which NT domain by
communicating with any Windows NT domain controller for the domain. The list of
servers that exist in the Windows NT domain can be viewed by looking at the
Network Neighborhood Windows NT utility. If no trust relationship exists, then
cluster members must be from the same Windows NT domain.
To enable Windows NT domain authentication:
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Note
ClusterCATS requires you to enter a valid user name and password after selecting
the type of authentication you are using so that you do not inadvertently lock
yourself out of the cluster.
Click OK to enable local user authentication for the selected cluster. Only
administrators who have accounts on each secured server can access and
administer those cluster members using ClusterCATS Explorer.
Select Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > User Manager for Domains to
open the User Manager for Domains utility.
Select User > New Global Group.
The New Global Group dialog box appears.
Enter a name and description for the group in the applicable fields.
Your global group name must be BT_clustername, where clustername is the name
of your ClusterCATS cluster.
Click Add to add the administrators you want to have privileges to your global
group.
The Add Users and Groups dialog box appears.
Chapter 12 Configuring ColdFusion Clusters