API Guide

• Monitoring TACACS+
• TACACS+ Remote Authentication and Authorization
• Specifying a TACACS+ Server Host
For a complete listing of all commands related to TACACS+, refer to the Security chapter in the Dell Networking OS Command Reference
Guide.
Choosing TACACS+ as the Authentication Method
One of the login authentication methods available is TACACS+ and the user’s name and password are sent for authentication to the
TACACS hosts specified.
To use TACACS+ to authenticate users, specify at least one TACACS+ server for the system to communicate with and configure
TACACS+ as one of your authentication methods.
To select TACACS+ as the login authentication method, use the following commands.
1. Configure a TACACS+ server host.
CONFIGURATION mode
tacacs-server host {ip-address | host}
Enter the IP address or host name of the TACACS+ server.
Use this command multiple times to configure multiple TACACS+ server hosts.
2. Enter a text string (up to 16 characters long) as the name of the method list you wish to use with the TACAS+ authentication method.
CONFIGURATION mode
aaa authentication login {method-list-name | default} tacacs+ [...method3]
The TACACS+ method must not be the last method specified.
3. Enter LINE mode.
CONFIGURATION mode
line {aux 0 | console 0 | vty number [end-number]}
4. Assign the method-list to the terminal line.
LINE mode
login authentication {method-list-name | default}
To view the configuration, use the show config in LINE mode or the show running-config tacacs+ command in EXEC
Privilege mode.
If authentication fails using the primary method, the system employs the second method (or third method, if necessary) automatically. For
example, if the TACACS+ server is reachable, but the server key is invalid, the system proceeds to the next authentication method. In the
following example, the TACACS+ is incorrect, but the user is still authenticated by the secondary method.
First bold line: Server key purposely changed to incorrect value.
Second bold line: User authenticated using the secondary method.
Dell(conf)#
Dell(conf)#do show run aaa
!
aaa authentication enable default tacacs+ enable
aaa authentication enable LOCAL enable tacacs+
aaa authentication login default tacacs+ local
aaa authentication login LOCAL local tacacs+
aaa authorization exec default tacacs+ none
aaa authorization commands 1 default tacacs+ none
aaa authorization commands 15 default tacacs+ none
aaa accounting exec default start-stop tacacs+
aaa accounting commands 1 default start-stop tacacs+
aaa accounting commands 15 default start-stop tacacs+
Dell(conf)#
Dell(conf)#do show run tacacs+
!
tacacs-server key 7 d05206c308f4d35b
tacacs-server host 10.10.10.10 timeout 1
Dell(conf)#
tacacs-server key angeline
Dell(conf)#%SYSTEM-P:CP %SEC-5-LOGIN_SUCCESS: Login successful for user admin on
vty0 (10.11.9.209)
%SYSTEM-P:CP %SEC-3-AUTHENTICATION_ENABLE_SUCCESS: Enable password
authentication success on vty0 ( 10.11.9.209 )
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