Cisco Small Business 200 Series

Administration
Switch Management Access Control
Cisco Small Business 200E Series Advanced Smart Switch Command Reference 57
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login authentication
Use this command to specify the login authentication method for a line (console
and Telnet) access mode. To return to the default list configuration, use the no form
of this command. The supported methods are local, RADIUS, or none.
If two methods of authentication are defined, then the second method is used only
if the first method returns an error—not if there is an authentication denial from the
first method.
login authentication method1 [method2]
no login authentication
Syntax Descriptions
Default
method1—local authentication
Command Modes
Line Console Config
Line Telnet Config
Examples
The following example specifies the default authentication method for console
access.
(Switch) (config)#line console
(Switch) (config-line)#login authentication radius
The following example specifies the default authentication method for Telnet
access.
(Switch) (config)#line telnet
(Switch) (config-telnet)#login authentication radius
Parameter Description
method1 The primary authentication method to use, which can be
local, RADIUS, or none.
method2 The secondary authentication method to use if the primary
method returns an error.