Chapter 29: Security
STANDARD Revision 1.0
C4® CMTS Release 8.3 User Guide
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As with authentication, the keywords specifying authorization methods may appear in any order, and they may be
repeated. The order of keywords specifying authorization methods is significant in that method n+1 is employed if method
n is unavailable.
Enable TACACS Authentication
To help ensure greater security on a TACACS server for individual users, the following procedure configures the server as
necessary:
To Configure the TACACS Server to Enable Password
1.
Click the User Setup option on the server.
2.
Select the List All Users option.
This displays all the users that are configured on the server.
3.
Determine the specific user and select.
4.
Locate the Enable Password option under the Advanced TACACS Setting option.
5.
Select Use Separate Password
6.
Enter and confirm the user password.
Configuring the C4/c CMTS to Enable Password
To Configure the C4/c CMTS to Enable Password
1.
Enter the following command to set up the local enable password:
configure enable password <password> privilege <int>
2.
To configure the key for the TACACS host, enter:
configure tacacs host <ip_addr> key <applicable key>
Note: This key must match the TACACS server key.
3.
To map the group name to the TACACS server IP address, enter:
configure tacacs group <group_name> host <ip_addr>
