This statement is false. On Huawei devices, the domain to which a user belongs is usually determined by the domain part carried in the user name, for example [email protected].
However, if the specified domain is not configured on the NAS device, authentication does not necessarily fail immediately. In many cases, the device can use a default domain for authentication processing, depending on the AAA configuration.
Huawei AAA supports both an administrator user default domain and a normal user default domain. If a user name does not match a configured domain, or the domain carried in the user name is unavailable, the device may fall back to the default domain and continue authentication according to the configured policy. Therefore, the statement is incorrect because it treats authentication failure as unavoidable in every such case. HCIA-Datacom emphasizes domain- based AAA processing because it allows different groups of users to use different authentication, authorization, and accounting methods. At the same time, learners must understand the function of default domains, which provide flexibility in real deployments and prevent unnecessary authentication failures in some login scenarios.