User`s guide

InRow RD 100-Series and InRow RD 200-Series User’s Guide27
Configuring the RADIUS Server
Summary of the configuration procedure
You must configure your RADIUS server to work with the InRow RD.
For examples of the RADIUS users file with Vendor Specific Attributes (VSAs) and an
example of an entry in the dictionary file on the RADIUS server, see the APC Security
Handbook.
1. Add the IP address of the InRow RD to the RADIUS server client list (file).
2. Users must be configured with Service-Type attributes unless Vendor Specific Attributes (VSAs)
are defined. If no Service-Type attributes are configured, users will have read-only access (on the
Web interface only).
See your RADIUS server documentation for information about the RADIUS users
file, and see the APC Security Handbook for an example.
3. Vendor Specific Attributes (VSAs) can be used instead of the Service-Type attributes provided by
the RADIUS server. VSAs requires a dictionary entry and a RADIUS users file. In the dictionary
file, define the names for the ATTRIBUTE and VALUE keywords, but not for the numeric
values. If you change numeric values, RADIUS authentication and authorization will fail. VSAs
take precedence over standard RADIUS attributes.
Configuring a RADIUS server on UNIX
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with shadow passwords
If UNIX shadow password files are used (/etc/passwd) with the RADIUS dictionary files, the
following two methods can be used to authenticate users:
• If all UNIX users have administrative privileges, add the following to the RADIUS “user” file. To
allow only Device Users, change the APC-Service-Type to
Device.
DEFAULT Auth-Type = System
APC-Service-Type = Admin
• Add user names and attributes to the RADIUS “user” file, and verify password against
/etc/passwd. The following example is for users bconners and thawk:
bconners Auth-Type = System
APC-Service-Type = Admin
thawk Auth-Type = System
APC-Service-Type = Device
Supported RADIUS servers
APC supports FreeRADIUS and Microsoft IAS 2003. Other commonly available RADIUS applications
may work but have not been fully tested by APC.