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Chapter 2 Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
show authentication
show authentication
To display the Auth Manager information, use the show authentication command in EXEC or
Privileged EXEC mode.
show authentication {interface interface | registrations | sessions [session-id session-id] [handle
handle] [interface interface] [mac mac] [method method]
Syntax Description
Command Default This command has no default settings.
Command Modes EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines Table 2-19 describes the significant fields shown in the show authentication display.
Note The possible values for the status of sessions are given below. For a session in terminal state, “Authz
Success” or “Authz Failed” are displayed. “No methods” is displayed if no method has provided a result.
interface interface Displays all of the Auth Manager details associated with the specified interface.
registrations Displays details of all methods registered with the Auth Manager.
sessions Displays details of the current Auth Manager sessions (for example, client
devices). If you do not enter any optional specifiers, all current active sessions
are displayed. You can enter the specifiers singly or in combination to display
a specific session (or group of sessions).
session-id session-id (Optional) Specifies an Auth Manager session.
handle handle (Optional) Specifies the particular handle for which Auth Manager information
is displayed. Range is 1 to 4294967295.
mac mac (Optional) Displays Auth Manager session information for a specified MAC
address.
method method
(Optional) Displays all clients authorized by a specified authentication
method. Valid values are as follows:
• dot1x
• mab
• webauth
Release Modification
12.2(50)SG This command was introduced.