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Configuring Windows NT domain authentication
Windows NT Domain authentication lets ClusterCATS authenticate administrators who
have been added to a Windows NT domain user group.
Note: This authentication mode can be used only on NT servers and on Windows 2000
servers if the domain is using the Windows NT compatible domain controller model rather
than the Active Directory model.
Before you can enable NT domain authentication on a cluster, you must create an NT
global user group within the domain you want to secure. You can do this using the
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. You can view
the list of servers that exist in the Windows NT domain with 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:
1 Select Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > User Manager for Domains to
open the User Manager for Domains utility.
2 Select User > New Global Group.
The New Global Group dialog box appears.
3 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.
4 Click Add to add the administrators whom you want to have privileges to your global
group.
The Add Users and Groups dialog box appears.
5 Select the domain from the List Names drop-down box.
6 Select the users you want to add to the group and click Add.
7 Click OK in all open dialog boxes to apply your changes and to close the User
Manager for Domains utility.
8 Open the ClusterCATS Explorer and select a cluster for which to configure
authentication.
9 Select Configure > Administration or Cluster > Properties (both menu selections
display the Properties dialog box) or right-click the cluster and select
Configure > Administration.
The Properties dialog box appears.
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