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Anthony
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Aug 08, 2013

Remote Role configuration - Terminal Access

Hi all,   I've started looking again at LDAP authentication for our F5's again.   I've got th LDAP group set up and can log in just fine. But its the Terminal Access which is bugging me. I don'...
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nitass
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Aug 09, 2013
I stumbled upon a topic which recommended changing the /etc/passwd file and adding a line in the for the remote log in name such as:

 

my_remote_user:x:0:0:my_remote_user:/home/my_remote_user:/bin/bash if i do not misremember, you can create local user via gui or tmsh, password will be checked against ldap server (i.e. local user password is not used) but local user shell will be used.