Tutorial: Manage the PAM Authentication Method from the Command-line Interface⁠

Overview⁠

Use this tutorial to find the necessary commands to manage PAM authentication for Access Server.

In PAM authentication mode, user and password authentications are stored in the operating system. User-specific properties are stored in the user_prop.db database file. After creating a user in the operating system and setting a password, you must add the user to Access Server. You can add users in the Admin Web UI from the Users page. Or you can add users from the command-line interface. You must add each user to the “User Permissions” table and set user-specific properties such as auto-login, group assignment, and static IP.

The user can sign in once the same username exists in Access Server and the operating system. Access Server looks up this user in the user permissions table and automatically applies the user-specific properties specified. If you notice that properties aren't applied, ensure the name is correct. The username in PAM is leading here.