Chapter 1

Authenticating NetCache Users

About this chapter  

This chapter describes NetCache client authentication and the supported methods for authenticating administrators and users of NetCache services. It also explains how you can join a NetCache appliance to a Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows NT domain if you want to join the NetCache to these domains without using DNS or WINS.

Topics in this chapter  

This chapter provides information about the following topics:

• Section A, About authentication
• Section B, Authenticating with the NetCache appliance
• Section C, Authenticating with the NetCache user database
• Section D, Authentication
• Section E, Authenticating users with LDAP or RADIUS servers
• Section F, Authenticating with NTLM and Kerberos
• Section G, Joining a Microsoft Windows 2000 domain
• Section H, Joining a Microsoft Windows NT domain

Procedures and option descriptions  

See the Appliance Manager online help for configuration procedures and option descriptions.

Location of configuration options  

Options for configuring authentication are in the following location in the Appliance Manager:

Setup tab > Authentication

About using the CLI for configuration  

This chapter provides conceptual and background information on features of the Appliance Manager that enable you to configure authentication on the appliance.

For descriptions of CLI configuration commands, see the Command Line Reference. To list the authentication configuration commands from the CLI and obtain information about them, enter the following command:

show config.auth.?

To get help for a specific authentication configuration option, enter the following command:

help config.auth.option_name

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