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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
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Chapter 6 Security Commands
tacacs-server directed-request
tacacs-server directed-request
To allow users to send authentication requests to a specific TACACS+ server when logging in, use the
radius-server directed request command. To revert to the default, use the no form of this command.
tacacs-server directed-request
no tacacs-server directed-request
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Command Default Sends the authentication request to the configured TACACS+ server groups.
Command Modes Configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines You must use the feature tacacs+ command before you configure TACACS+.
During login, the user can specify the username@vrfname:hostname, where vrfname is the VRF to use
and hostname is the name of a configured TACACS+ server. The username is sent to the server name for
authentication.
Examples This example shows how to allow users to send authentication requests to a specific TACACS+ server
when logging in:
switch(config)# tacacs-server directed-request
This example shows how to disallow users to send authentication requests to a specific TACACS+ server
when logging in:
switch(config)# no tacacs-server directed-request
Related Commands
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.
Command Description
feature tacacs+ Enables TACACS+.
show tacacs-server
directed request
Displays a directed request TACACS+ server configuration.