Chapter 11 Security Configuration Tasks

Configuring OS authentication

To enable OS authentication on EAServer:

1. From Jaguar Manager, double-click the server you want to configure.
2. Select File | Server Properties.
3. Select the Security tab.
   
   Enable OS Authentication - if selected, this option maps EAServer client users to operating system user names and passwords. You must supply a user name and password that is valid for the machine where the EAServer is running. For example, for UNIX, you would use network information service (NIS) passwords, and for NT, you would use your NT domain password. NT users can provide a domain name as part of their user name; for example, \\domain_name\username.

To enable OS authentication on NT:

1. From NT, start the User Manager.
2. Select Policies | User Rights.
3. Click on Show Advanced User Rights.
4. Scroll through the rights list and select "Act as Part of the Operating System."
5. Use the Add button to add users and groups.
6. Log out and back in to your NT system to enable authentication.
7. From EAServer, select the Enable OS Authentication option on the Server Properties's Security tab.
   
   To enable OS authentication on UNIX, select the Enable OS Authentication option on the Security tab.

      The password for the jagadmin account is always defined in Jaguar Manager. Even if jagadmin is defined as an OS user name and OS authentication is enabled, the password defined in Jaguar Manager is required to log in as jagadmin.

   
   
   Enable User & Groups Validation - if enabled, the user and group names are validated against their operating system user and group name before being added to any of the following folders:
   • Authorized User
   • Authorized Group
   • Excluded User
   • Excluded Group
8. To enable user and group validation, select the Enable User and Groups Validation option on the server's Security tab.

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