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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide using ASDM
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Chapter 23 Configuring Management Access
AAA for System Administrators
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Authenticating Sessions from the Switch to the FWSM, page 23-11
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Enabling CLI or ASDM Authentication, page 23-12
CLI Access Overview
Before the FWSM can authenticate a Telnet or SSH user, you must first configure access to the FWSM
using the
telnet
or
ssh
commands (see the
“Allowing Telnet Access” section on page 23-1
and
“Allowing
SSH Access” section on page 23-2
). These commands identify the IP addresses that are allowed to
communicate with the FWSM. The exception is for access to the system in multiple context mode; a
session from the switch to the FWSM is a Telnet session, but the
telnet
command is not required.
After you connect to the FWSM, you log in and access user EXEC mode.
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If you do not enable any authentication for Telnet, you do not enter a username; you enter the login
password (set with the
password
command). For SSH, you enter “pix” as the username, and enter
the login password.
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If you enable Telnet or SSH authentication according to this section, you enter the username and
password as defined on the AAA server or local user database.
To enter privileged EXEC mode, enter the
enable
command or the
login
command (if you are using the
local database only).
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If you do not configure enable authentication, enter the system enable password when you enter the
enable
command (set by the
enable password
command). However, if you do not use enable
authentication, after you enter the
enable
command, you are no longer logged in as a particular user.
To maintain your username, use enable authentication.
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If you configure enable authentication (see the
“Configuring Authentication for the Enable
Command” section on page 23-13
), the FWSM prompts you for your username and password.
For authentication using the local database, you can use the
login
command, which maintains the
username but requires no configuration to turn on authentication.
ASDM Access Overview
By default, you can log into ASDM with a blank username and the enable password set by the
enable
password
command. However, if you enter a username and password at the login screen (instead of
leaving the username blank), ASDM checks the local database for a match.
Although you can configure HTTP authentication according to this section and specify the local
database, that functionality is always enabled by default. You should only configure HTTP
authentication if you want to use a RADIUS or server for authentication.
Authenticating Sessions from the Switch to the FWSM
In multiple context mode, you cannot configure any AAA commands in the system configuration.
However, if you configure Telnet authentication in the admin context, then authentication also applies
to sessions from the switch to the FWSM (which enters the system execution space). The admin context
AAA server or local user database are used in this instance.
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