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Appendix C CSUtil Database Utility
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User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control Server 4.2
PAC File Generation
Note Using the -g option restarts the CSAuth service. No users are authenticated while CSAuth
is unavailable.
– -u username—CSUtil.exe generates a PAC file for the user specified by the variable
(username). For example, if you ran CSUtil.exe -t -u seaniemop, CSUtil.exe would generate a
single PAC file, named seaniemop.pac.
Tip You can also specify a domain-qualified username by using the format DOMAIN\username. For
example, if you specify ENIGINEERING\augustin, ACS generates a PAC file named
ENGINEERING_augustin.pac.
– -f list—CSUtil.exe generates a PAC file for each username in the file that is specified, where
list represents the full path and filename of the list of usernames.
Lists of usernames should contain one username per line, with no additional spaces or other
characters.
For example, if list.txt in d:\temp\pacs contains the following usernames:
seaniemop
jwiedman
echamberlain
and you ran CSUtil.exe -t -f d:\temp\pacs\list.txt, CSUtil.exe generates three PAC files:
seaniemop.pac
jwiedman.pac
echamberlain.pac.
Tip You can also specify domain-qualified usernames by using the format DOMAIN\username. For
example, if you specify ENIGINEERING\augustin, ACS generates a PAC file named
ENGINEERING_augustin.pac.
-passwd password—CSUtil.exe uses the password specified, rather than the default password, to
protect the PAC files that it generates. The password that you specify is required when the PACs it
protects are loaded into an EAP-FAST end-user client.
Note We recommend that you use a password that you devise, rather than the default password.
PAC passwords can contain any characters and are case-sensitive. They must contain between four
and 128 characters. While CSUtil.exe does not enforce strong password rules, we recommend that
you use a strong password.
Your PAC password should:
– Be very long.
– Contain uppercase and lowercase letters.
– Contain numbers in addition to letters.
– Contain no common words or names.
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