AAA Commands
login authentication
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On the console, the enable password is used if it exists. If no password is set, the
process still succeeds. This has the same effect as using the command aaa
authentication enable default enable none.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
The default and optional list names created with the aaa authentication enable
command are used with the enable authentication command.
The additional methods of authentication are used only if the previous method
returns an error, not if it fails. To ensure that the authentication succeeds even if all
methods return an error, specify none as the final method in the command line.
All aaa authentication enable
default
requests sent by the device to a RADIUS or
TACACS+ server include the username $enabx$., where x is the requested
privilege level.
Example
The following example sets the enable password for authentication when
accessing higher privilege levels.
Console(config)# aaa authentication enable default enable
login authenticationThe login authentication Line Configuration mode command specifies the login
authentication method list for a remote telnet or console. To restore the default
configuration specified by the aaa authentication login command, use the no form
of this command.
Syntax
login authentication {default |
list-name
}
no login authentication