Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.01 Installation And Setup Manual page 491

CMS authentication of a user with administrator privileges
Figure 15-1
These are the steps shown in Figure 15-1:
An administrator opens Netscape Console and attempts to log in to the CMS
1.
window by entering the user ID and password at the login prompt. The server
takes the administrator's user ID and password and binds them to
privileged-user entries in its internal database.
If the user ID and password bind successfully to a user entry, authentication
2.
succeeds; otherwise, it fails.
If both authentication and authorization succeed, the server services the
request. Otherwise, it rejects the request and logs the reason for the rejection.
NOTE
If authentication fails, the server logs an error message and sends a
rejection notification. See Chapter 23, "Managing CMS Logs."
If authentication succeeds, the server checks the user's access rights (based
on group memberships) to determine whether the user is authorized to
perform the requested operation.
Authentication for administrators is hardcoded; it is not
configurable.
Introduction to Authentication
Chapter 15 Setting Up End-User Authentication 491