Quick Reference Guide

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User Guidelines
There are no user guidelines for this command.
Example
The following example specifies the default authentication method when accessing a higher
privilege level from a console.
ip http authentication
The ip http authentication Global Configuration mode command specifies authentication
methods for HTTP server users. Use the no form of this command to return to the default
configuration.
Syntax
• ip http authentication method1 [ method2 ...]
•
no ip http authentication
• method1 [ method2 ...] — Specify at least one from the following table:
Default Configuration
The local user database is checked. This has the same effect as the command ip http
authentication local
.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
• The additional methods of authentication are used only if the previous method returns an error,
not if it fails. To ensure that the authentication succeeds even if all methods return an error,
specify
none as the final method in the command line.
Console(config)# line console
Console(config-line)# enable authentication default
Keyword Description
local Uses the local username database for authentication.
none Uses no authentication.
radius Uses the list of all RADIUS servers for authentication.
tacacs Uses the list of all TACACS+ servers for authentication.