Reference Guide

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Configuration Task List for AAA Accounting
The following sections present the AAA Accounting configuration tasks:
• Enable AAA Accounting (mandatory)
• Suppress AAA Accounting for null username sessions (optional)
• Configure Accounting of EXEC and privilege-level command usage (optional)
• Configure AAA Accounting for terminal lines (optional)
• Monitor AAA Accounting (optional)
Enable AAA Accounting
The aaa accounting command enables you to create a record for any or all of the accounting functions
monitored. To enable AAA accounting, perform the following task in CONFIGURATION mode:
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
aaa accounting {system |
exec | command level}
{
default | name}
{
start-stop | wait-start |
stop-only} {tacacs+}
CONFIGURATION Enable AAA Accounting and create a record for monitoring the
accounting function.
The variables are:
• system—sends accounting information of any other AAA
configuration
• exec—sends accounting information when a user has logged in
to the EXEC mode
• command level—sends accounting of commands executed at
the specified privilege level
• default | name—Enter the name of a list of accounting
methods.
• start-stop—Use for more accounting information, to send a
start-accounting notice at the beginning of the requested event
and a stop-accounting notice at the end.
• wait-start—ensures that the TACACS+ security server
acknowledges the start notice before granting the user's process
request
• stop-only—Use for minimal accounting; instructs the
TACACS+ server to send a stop record accounting notice at the
end of the requested user process.
• tacacs+ —Designate the security service. Currently, FTOS
supports only TACACS+