Login Authentication - Cisco 300 Series Cli Manual

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Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Commands

78-21075-01 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

Command Mode

Global Configuration mode

User Guidelines

Create a list by entering the aaa authentication enable

[method2...]

command where

list. The method argument identifies the list of methods that the authentication

algorithm tries, in the given sequence.

The default and list names created by this command are used with

authentication.

All aaa authentication enable requests sent by the device to a RADIUS server

include the username $enabx$., where x is the requested privilege level.

All aaa authentication enable requests sent by the device to a TACACS+ server

include the username that is entered for login authentication.

The additional methods of authentication are used only if the previous method

returns an error, not if it fails. Specify none as the final method in the command line

to ensure that the authentication succeeds even if all methods return an error.

no aaa authentication enable

The following example sets the enable password for authentication for accessing

higher privilege levels.

switchxxxxxx(config)#

switchxxxxxx(config-line)#

login authentication

The login authentication Line Configuration mode command specifies the login

authentication method list for a remote Telnet or console session. Use the no form

of this command to restore the default authentication method.

{default | list-name

is any character string used to name this

deletes list-name if it has not been

aaa authentication enable enable-list radius none

line console

enable authentication enable-list

list-name method1