About Security Administration and additional PAM management

Last Updated : Apr 24, 2014 |

This chapter covers two major sections:

  • Security administration. Security administration refers to managing the local Linux accounts on the AE Server and includes the following:

    • Account management

    • Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) management

    • Login reports

    • Login audit

  • Additional PAM management capabilities. PAM management capabilities describes authentication methods that apply to DMCC, TSAPI, JTAPI, and Telephony Web Services users. The information in this section does not apply to AE Services Management Console users or remote users with SSH access. PAM management includes the following:

    • Linux (using pam_unix)

    • LDAP (using pam_ldap)

    • AE Services User Management (using pam_ldap)

    • Active Directory w/ Kerberos (using pam_krb5)

Note:

The information in this chapter is not applicable to users of the following applications: DLG, CVLAN, and the System Management Service (SMS).