mc-method

This command specifies the credentials mapping method.

Syntax

mc-method { local | xmlfile }

local: Uses the user group on the appliance. Does not access external resources. This setting is the default value and is the only option available if you have selected an au-method of local.
xmlfile: Uses an XML file on the appliance. Use the mc-info-url command to specify the location of the file.

The mc-method command sets the credential mapping (authorization) method for RBM.

The following table lists the supported credential mapping methods for each user authentication method.

Table 1. Authentication methods and supported credential mapping methods
Authentication method	`local` map credential method	`xmlfile` map credential method
`ldap`	No	Yes
`local`	Yes	Yes
`xmlfile`	Yes	Yes

You can use the mc-ldap-search command to retrieve the distinguished name with an LDAP search.

Notes:

The selected credentials mapping method must be fully configured before invoking this command.
If the admin account is not configured with all permissions, the admin user is locked out of the GUI. Access the command line to change this circumstance.

Set the authorization method to xmlfile and identifies the location of the file.
```
# mc-method xmlfile
# mc-info-url "local:///RBMPolicy.xml"
```
Set the authorization method to local.
```
# mc-method local
```