D-Link xStack DXS-3350SR Installation & User Manual - Login Method Lists

DXS-3350SR Gigabit Layer 3 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. 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. (See the Enable Admin part of this section for more detailed information 

concerning the Enable Admin command.) 

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

Figure 7- 11. 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 screen to configure: 

Figure 7- 12. Login Method List - Edit (default) 

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