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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release8.1
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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands
set kerberos clients mandatory
set kerberos clients mandatory
To make Kerberos authentication mandatory for authenticating to services on the network, use the set
kerberos clients mandatory command.
set kerberos clients mandatory
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Defaults The default is Kerberos clients are not set to mandatory.
Command Types Switch command.
Command Modes Privileged.
Usage Guidelines As a n a dded lay er of sec urity, you can optionally configure the switch so that after users authenticate to
it, they can authenticate to other services on the network only with Kerberos clients. If yo u do not make
Kerberos authentication mandatory and Kerberos authentication fails, the application attempts to
authenticate users using the default method of authentication for that network service. For example,
Telnet prompts for a password.
Examples This example shows how to make Kerberos authentication mandatory:
Console> (enable) set kerberos clients mandatory
Kerberos clients set to mandatory
Console> (enable)
Related Commands clear kerberos clients mandatory
set kerberos credentials forward
show kerberos