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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference
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Chapter       A Commands
aaa authentication login error-enable
aaa authentication login error-enable
To configure that the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) authentication failure 
message displays on the console, use the aaa authentication login error-enable command. To revert to 
the default, use the no form of this command.
aaa authentication login error-enable 
no aaa authentication login error-enable 
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Command Default Disabled
Command Modes Global configuration mode 
Command History
Usage Guidelines When you log in, the login is processed by rolling over to the local user database if the remote AAA 
servers do not respond. In this situation, the following message is displayed if you have enabled the 
displaying of login failure messages:
Remote AAA servers unreachable; local authentication done.
Remote AAA servers unreachable; local authentication failed.
Examples This example shows how to enable the display of AAA authentication failure messages to the console:
switch(config)# aaa authentication login error-enable 
This example shows how to disable the display of AAA authentication failure messages to the console:
switch(config)# no aaa authentication login error-enable 
Related Commands
Release Modification
5.2(1)N1(1) This command was introduced. 
Command Description
show aaa 
authentication
Displays the status of the AAA authentication failure message display.