Chapter 7      Administration

Setup

TACACS+

Radius

MS NT Domain 

After you select and configure a module, including assigning users to user groups, 

all authentication transactions are performed by the authentication service 

associated with that module. Users log in with the user ID and password 

associated with the current authentication module.

If you select TACACS+ or Radius as your authentication and authorization 

module, you do not need to configure individual user accounts through the 

Hosting Solution Engine interface. 

When you use MS NT Domain for authentication and authorization, users must 

have the same user ID locally as they have in the alternative authentication source, 

but the local password and authentication service password do not have to be 

same.

If the alternative authentication service fails, the Hosting Solution Engine 

defaults to the Local authentication module. Even if the local user database should 

fail, you can always log in as the admin user.

Related Topics

Selecting an Authentication Module, page 7 37

Set Up and Manage User Accounts, page 7 2

Selecting an Authentication Module

Use this option to select an authentication module. The Local login module is 

selected by default. (See 

Authentication Modules, page 7 36

 for details.)

Note

To use a Radius server as your authentication and authorization module, add 

group name information to the Radius server as cisco av pair. 

Note

If a Radius user does not belong to a group, the user will not be able to log in to 

the Hosting Solution Engine.

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