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Chapter 21 Configuring Switch Access Using AAA
Configuring Authentication
Console> (enable)
show tacacs
Login Authentication: Console Session Telnet Session
--------------------- ---------------- ----------------
tacacs disabled disabled
radius disabled disabled
local enabled(primary) enabled(primary)
Enable Authentication: Console Session Telnet Session
---------------------- ----------------- ----------------
tacacs disabled disabled
radius disabled disabled
local enabled(primary) enabled(primary)
Tacacs key:
Tacacs login attempts: 3
Tacacs timeout: 5 seconds
Tacacs direct request: disabled
Tacacs-Server Status
---------------------------------------- -------
172.20.52.3
172.20.52.2 primary
172.20.52.10
Console> (enable)
Enabling Authentication
Note
Specify at least one server before enabling authentication on the switch. For
information on specifying a server, see the
“Specifying Servers” section on
page 21-17
.
You can enable authentication for login and enable access to the switch. If desired, you can
use the
console
and
telnet
keywords to specify that authentication be used only on console
or Telnet connections. If you are using both RADIUS and , you can use the
primary
keyword
to force the switch to try authentication first.
To enable authentication, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to enable authentication for console and Telnet connections and
how to verify the configuration:
Console> (enable)
set authentication login tacacs enable
tacacs login authentication set to enable for console and telnet session.
Task
Command
Step 1
Enable authentication for normal login
mode. Enter the
console
or
telnet
keyword if you
want to enable only for console port or
Telnet connection attempts.
set authentication login tacacs enable
[
all
|
console
|
http | telnet
] [
primary
]
Step 2
Enable authentication for enable
mode. Enter the
console
or
telnet
keyword if you
want to enable only for console port or
Telnet connection attempts.
set authentication enable tacacs enable
[
all
|
console
|
http | telnet
] [
primary
]
Step 3
Verify the configuration.
show authentication