D-Link DES-3028 User Manual - Login Method Lists

DES-3028 DES-3028P DES-3052 DES-3052P Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Managed Switch 

Login Method Lists 

This command will configure a user-defined or default Login Method List of authentication techniques for users logging on to the 

Switch. The sequence of techniques implemented in this command will affect the authentication result. For example, if a user 

enters a sequence of techniques, for example TACACS – XTACACS - local, the Switch will send an authentication request to the 

first TACACS host in the server group. If no response comes from the server host, 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 

account database set in the Switch is used to authenticate the user. When the local method is used, the privilege level will be 

dependant on the local account privilege configured on the Switch. 

Successful login using any of these techniques will give the user a "User" privilege only. 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. (See the Enable Admin part of this section for more detailed information concerning the Enable Admin 

command.) 

To view the following window click Security > Access Authentication Control > Login Method Lists: 

Figure 10- 36. Login Method Lists Settings window 

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   under the Delete heading corresponding to the entry desired to be deleted. To modify a Login 

Method List, click on its hyperlinked Method List Name. To configure a new Method List, click the Add button.  

Both actions will result in the same window to configure: 

Figure 10- 37. Login Method List - Edit window (default) 

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