88 AAA Commands
Command Mode
Line Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
• Changing login authentication from default to another value may disconnect the telnet session.
Example
The following example specifies the default authentication method for a console.
enable authentication
The enable authentication Line Configuration mode command specifies the authentication method list
when accessing a higher privilege level from a remote telnet, SSH or console. Use the no form of this
command to return to the default specified by the enable authentication command.
Syntax
•
enable authentication
{
default
|
list-name
}
• no enable authentication
•
default
— Uses the default list created with the
authentication enable
command.
•
list-name
— Uses the indicated list created with the
authentication enable
command.
Default Configuration
Uses the default set with the command
authentication enable
.
Command Mode
Line Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
• There are no user guidelines for this command.
Example
The following example specifies the default authentication method when accessing a higher privilege
level from a console.
Console (config)# line console
Console (config-line)# login authentication default
Console (config)# line console
Console (config-line)# enable authentication default
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