Enable Method Lists Settings - D-Link xStack Reference Manual

xStack® DGS-3120 Series Layer 2 Stackable Managed Switch Web UI Reference Guide
Successful login using any of these techniques will give the user a "User" privilege only. If the user wishes to upgrade
his or her status to the administrator level, the user must use the Enable Admin window, in which the user must enter
a previously configured password, set by the administrator.
To view this window, click Security > Access Authentication Control > Login Method Lists Settings as shown
below:
The Switch contains one Method List that is set and cannot be removed, yet can be modified. To delete a Login
Method List defined by the user, click the Delete button corresponding to the entry desired to be deleted. To modify a
Login Method List, click on its corresponding Edit button.
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
Method List Name
Priority 1, 2, 3, 4
Click the Apply button to accept the changes made.
Click the Edit button to re-configure the specific entry.
Click the Delete button to remove the specific entry.

Enable Method Lists Settings

Users can 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
Figure 8-62 Login Method Lists Settings window
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 of the following authentication
methods to this method list:
tacacs - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
TACACS protocol from a remote TACACS server.
xtacacs - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
XTACACS protocol from a remote XTACACS server.
tacacs+ - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
TACACS+ protocol from a remote TACACS+ server.
radius - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the
RADIUS protocol from a remote RADIUS server.
local - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using the local
user account database on the Switch.
none - Adding this parameter will require no authentication needed to access the Switch.
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