192 CHAPTER 7: AAA C OMMANDS■ none — For users with administrative access only, MSS performsno authentication, but prompts for a username and password andaccepts any combination of entries, including blanks.The authentication method none you can specify for administrativeaccess is different from the fallthru authentication type none, whichapplies only to network access. The authentication method none allowsaccess to the WX switch by an administrator. The fallthru authenticationtype none denies access to a network user. (See “set service-profileauth-fallthru” on page 296.)For more information, see “Usage.”Defaults — By default, authentication is deactivated for all consoleusers, and the default authentication method in a console authenticationrule is none. MSS requires no username or password, by default. Theseusers can press Enter at the prompts for administrative access.3Com recommends that you change the default setting unless the WXswitch is in a secure physical location.Access — Enabled.History — Introduced in MSS Version 3.0.Usage — You can configure different authentication methods fordifferent groups of users. (For details, see “User Globs, MAC AddressGlobs, and VLAN Globs” on page 24.)If you specify multiple authentication methods in the set authenticationconsole command, MSS applies them in the order in which they appearin the command, with these results:If the first method responds with pass or fail, the evaluation is final.If the first method does not respond, MSS tries the second method, andso on.However, if local appears first, followed by a RADIUS server group, MSSignores any failed searches in the local WX database and sends anauthentication request to the RADIUS server group.
