If you perform a password recovery when remote authentication is enabled, local authentication becomes
enabled for console login as soon as the password recovery is done. As a result, you can log into the Cisco
NX-OS device through the console port using the new password. After login, you can continue to use local
authentication, or you can enable remote authentication after resetting the admin password configured at the
AAA servers. For more information about the password recovery process, see the
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series
NX-OS Troubleshooting Guide.
Note
Before you begin
Configure RADIUS, , or LDAP server groups, as needed.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
configure terminal
2.
aaa authentication login console
{
group group-list
[
none
] |
local
|
none
}
3.
exit
4.
(Optional)
show aaa authentication
5.
(Optional)
copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Purpose
Command or Action
Enters configuration mode.
configure terminal
Example:
Step 1
switch#
configure terminal
switch(config)#
Configures login authentication methods for the console.
aaa authentication login console
{
group group-list
[
none
]
|
local
|
none
}
Step 2
The
group-list
argument consists of a space-delimited list
of group names. The group names are the following:
Example:
switch(config)#
aaa authentication login console
group radius
radius
Uses the global pool of RADIUS servers for
authentication.
named-group
Uses a named subset of RADIUS, , or LDAP
servers for authentication.
The
local
method uses the local database for authentication,
and the
none
method specifies that no AAA authentication
be used.
The default console login method is
local
, which is used
when no methods are configured or when all the configured
methods fail to respond, unless fallback to local is disabled
for the console login.
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 9.x
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Configuring AAA
Configuring Console Login Authentication Methods