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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference
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Chapter       A Commands
aaa authentication login console
aaa authentication login console
To configure authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) authentication methods for console 
logins, use the aaa authentication login console command. To revert to the default, use the no form of 
this command.
aaa authentication login console {group group-list} [none] | local | none}
no aaa authentication login console {group group-list [none] | local | none}
Syntax Description
Command Default The local database
Command Modes Global configuration mode 
Command History
Usage Guidelines The group radius, group tacacs+, and group group-list methods refer to a set of previously defined 
RADIUS or TACACS+ servers. Use the radius-server host or tacacs-server host command to 
configure the host servers. Use the aaa group server command to create a named group of servers.
If you specify the group method or local method and they fail, then the authentication can fail. If you 
specify the none method alone or after the group method, then the authentication always succeeds.
Examples This example shows how to configure the AAA authentication console login method:
switch(config)# aaa authentication login console group radius 
This example shows how to revert to the default AAA authentication console login method:
switch(config)# no aaa authentication login console group radius 
group Specifies to use a server group for authentication.
group-list Space-separated list of RADIUS or TACACS+ server groups. The list can 
include the following:
• radius for all configured RADIUS servers.
• tacacs+ for all configured TACACS+ servers.
• Any configured RADIUS or TACACS+ server group name.
none (Optional) Specifies to use the username for authentication.
local (Optional) Specifies to use the local database for authentication.
Release Modification
5.2(1)N1(1) This command was introduced.