Activate and deactivate users for SafeNet RADIUS

You use the ALTUSER or ALU command to activate users for SafeNet RADIUS.

Before you begin

Before you can activate users for IBM® MFA, you must first create accounts for the users in the SafeNet RADIUS server and assign tokens.

When you activate a user for IBM MFA, that user is no longer able to use the z/OS® password to log in. Therefore, the user must first have a valid token and credentials for the SafeNet RADIUS server.

To defer activation to a later time, omit the ACTIVE keyword from the ALTUSER command, or supply the NOACTIVE keyword to deactivate the authenticator for the user ID.

Procedure

  1. Enter the following command to activate a user for SafeNet RADIUS:
    ALU [Login ID] MFA(FACTOR(AZFSFNP1)
        ACTIVE TAGS(RADUSERID:[User ID]))    
    Where:
    • [Login ID] is the z/OS user name.
    • ACTIVE activates the AZFRADP1 authenticator for the user ID.
    • User ID is the associated SafeNet RADIUS user ID.
  2. If needed, enter the following command to defer activating a user for SafeNet RADIUS:
     ALU [Login ID] MFA(FACTOR(AZFSFNP1)
         TAGS(RADUSERID:[User ID]))    
    Then, at a later time, enter an ALTUSER or ALU command of the following form to activate the AZFSFNP1 authenticator for the user ID:
    ALU <USERID> MFA(FACTOR(AZFSFNP1) ACTIVE)
  3. Enter the following command to display IBM MFA information for a user profile:
    LISTUSER [Login ID] MFA
    MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION:      
    ---------------------------------------      
      PASSWORD FALLBACK IS NOT ALLOWED           
      FACTOR = AZFSFNP1                          
        STATUS = ACTIVE                          
        FACTOR TAGS =                            
          RADUSERID:user
  4. If needed, enter the following command to deactivate a user for SafeNet RADIUS:
     ALU [Login ID] MFA(FACTOR(AZFSFNP1)
        NOACTIVE TAGS(RADUSERID:[User ID]))