# Creating AAA Local User Databases

When a subscriber connects to an E Series router that is using local authentication, the local authentication server uses the entries in the local user database selected by the virtual router to authenticate the subscriber.

A local authentication server can have multiple local user databases, and each database can have entries for multiple subscribers. The default local user database, if it exists, is used for local authentication by default. The E Series router supports a maximum of 100 user entries. A maximum of 100 databases can be configured.

To create a local user database, use the aaa local database command and the name of the database; use the name default to create the default local user database:

host1(config)#aaa local database westLocal40