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Dell PowerConnect W-Series ArubaOS 6.1 | User Guide External User Management | 749
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<options>Value</options>
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You can specify any of the following commands in the XML request:
The authentication command requires certain mandatory options to successfully execute the authentication
tasks. The list of all available options are:
Monitoring External Captive Portal Usage Statistics
To check the external captive portal authentication statistics use the show aaa xml-api statistics
command. This command displays the number of times an authentication command was executed per client.
Table 163 XML API Authentication Command
Authentication Command Description
user_add This command adds the user to the controllers user table.
user_delete This command deletes the user from the controller
user_authenticate This command will authentication the user based on the authentication rules defined in
the controllers configuration.
user_blacklist This command will block a user from connection to your network.
user_query This command will display the current status of the user connected to your network.
Table 164 Authentication command options
Options Description Range / Defaults
ipaddr IP address of the user in A.B.C.D format.
macaddr MAC address of the user aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff format. Enter MAC address with colon.
user Name of the user. 64 character string
role Role name assigned after authenticating. 64 character string
password The password of the user used for authentication.
session_timeout Session time-out in minutes. User will be disconnected after
this time.
authentication Authentication method used to authenticate the message and
the sender. You can use any of MD5, SHA-1 or clear text
methods of authentication. This option is ignored if shared
secret is not configured. It is, however, mandatory if it is
configured.
key This is the encoded SHA1/MD5 hash of shared secret or
plaintext shared secret.
This option is ignored if shared secret is not configured on the
switch.
The actual MD5/SHA-1 hash is 16/20 bytes and consists of
binary data. It must be encoded as an ASCII based HEX string
before sending. It must be present when the controller is
configured with an xml-api key for the server. Encoded hash
length is 32/40 bytes for MD5/SHA-1.
version The version of the XML API interface available in the
controller. This field is mandatory is all requests.
Current version 1.0