Users Guide

176 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Remote authentication
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ATTRIBUTE Brocade-Auth-Role 1 string Brocade
ATTRIBUTE Brocade-AVPairs1 2 string Brocade
ATTRIBUTE Brocade-AVPairs2 3 string Brocade
ATTRIBUTE Brocade-AVPairs3 4 string Brocade
ATTRIBUTE Brocade-AVPairs4 5 string Brocade
ATTRIBUTE Brocade-Passwd-ExpiryDate 6 string Brocade
ATTRIBUTE Brocade-Passwd-WarnPeriod 7 string Brocade
This information defines the Brocade vendor ID as 1588, Brocade attribute 1 as
Brocade-Auth-Role, Brocade attribute 6 as Brocade-Passwd-ExpiryDate, and Brocade attribute
7 as Brocade-Passwd-WarnPeriod.
2. Open the file $PREFIX/etc/raddb/dictionary in a text editor and add the line:
$INCLUDE dictionary.brocade
As a result, the file dictionary.brocade is located in the RADIUS configuration directory and
loaded for use by the RADIUS server.
Creating the user
1. Open the $PREFIX/etc/raddb/user file in a text editor.
2. Add the user names and their permissions for users accessing the switch and authenticating
through RADIUS.
The user logs in using the permissions specified with Brocade-Auth-Role. The valid permissions
include root, admin, switchAdmin, zoneAdmin, securityAdmin, basic SwitchAdmin, fabricAdmin,
operator, and user. You must use quotation marks around “password” and “role”.
Example of adding a user name to the RADIUS authentication
For example, to set up an account called JohnDoe with admin permissions with a password
expiry date of May 28, 2008 and a warning period of 30 days:
JohnDoe Auth-Type := Local
User-Password == "johnPassword",
Brocade-Auth-Role = "admin",
Brocade-Passwd-ExpiryDate = "05/28/08",
Brocade-Passwd-WarnPeriod = "30"
Example of using the local system password to authenticate users
The following example uses the local system password file to authenticate users.
When you use network information service (NIS) for authentication, the only way to enable
authentication with the password file is to force the Brocade switch to authenticate using Password
Authentication Protocol (PAP); this requires the
-a pap option with the aaaConfig command.
Enabling clients
Clients are the switches that will use the RADIUS server; each client must be defined. By default, all
IP addresses are blocked.
Auth-Type := System
Brocade-Auth-Role = "admin",
Brocade-AVPairs1 = "HomeLF=70",
Brocade-AVPairs2 = "LFRoleList=admin:2,4-8,70,80,128",
Brocade-AVPairs3 = "ChassisRole=switchadmin",
Brocade-Passwd-ExpiryDate = "11/10/2008",
Brocade-Passwd-WarnPeriod = "30"