Tutorial: How to Add Users to Your Access Server Using PAM⁠

• An installed Access Server.

• Console access and the ability to get root access.

You manage PAM authentication on the server, typically using the local user accounts in the operating system where you’ve installed Access Server. You can also use an authentication system on a separate server, as long as it’s reachable by Access Server.

1. Connect to your server.

   • This can be established directly, using a terminal or bash, or via an application like PuTTY.

2. Connect as a root user or gain root privileges with sudo.

1. Add a user:

   adduser <USERNAME>
   sacli --user <USERNAME> --key "type" --value "user_connect" UserPropPut

2. Set the new user’s password or enter the user information as prompted (depending on your OS version):

   passwd <USERNAME>

3. Repeat the commands to add more users.

For additional command-line tips for PAM, refer to Tutorial: Manage the PAM Authentication Method from the Command-line Interface.

You have two options for enabling PAM as the Access Server authentication: Using the Admin Web UI or the command-line interface. We describe each in the sections below.