Enable Method Lists - D-Link DES-6500 - Switch User Manual

Parameter
Method List Name
Method 1, 2, 3, 4

Enable Method Lists

The Enable Method Lists window is used to set up Method Lists to promote users with user level privileges to Administrator
(Admin) level privileges using authentication methods on the Switch. Once a user acquires normal user level privileges on the
Switch, he or she must be authenticated by a method on the Switch to gain administrator privileges on the Switch, which is
defined by the Administrator. A maximum of eight (8) Enable Method Lists can be implemented on the Switch, one of which is a
default Enable Method List. This default Enable Method List cannot be deleted but can be configured.
The sequence of methods implemented in this command will affect the authentication result. For example, if a user enters a
sequence of methods like TACACS - XTACACS - Local Enable, the Switch will send an authentication request to the first
TACACS host in the server group. If no verification is found, the Switch will send an authentication request to the second
TACACS host in the server group and so on, until the list is exhausted. At that point, the Switch will restart the same sequence
with the following protocol listed, XTACACS. If no authentication takes place using the XTACACS list, the Local Enable
password set in the Switch is used to authenticate the user.
Successful authentication using any of these methods will give the user an "Admin" privilege.
NOTE: To set the Local Enable Password, see the next section, entitled Local Enable
Password.
To view the following table, click Security Management > Access Authentication Control > Enable Method Lists:
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Description
Enter a method list name defined by the user of up to 15 characters.
The user may add one, or a combination of up to four (4) of the following authentication
methods to this method list:
tacacs - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
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TACACS protocol from a remote TACACS server.
xtacacs - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
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XTACACS protocol from a remote XTACACS server.
tacacs+ - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
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TACACS+ protocol from a remote TACACS+ server.
radius - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
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RADIUS protocol from a remote RADIUS server.
server_group - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using a
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user-defined server group previously configured on the Switch.
local - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the local user
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account database on the Switch.
none - Adding this parameter will require no authentication to access the Switch.
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Figure 7- 1 . Enable Method List Settings window 9
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