TACACS+ Authentication
Configuring TACACS+ on the Switch
Messages Related to TACACS+OperationThe switch generates the CLI messages listed below. However, you may see other messages generated in your TACACS+ server application. For information on such messages, refer to the documentation you received with the application.
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Connecting to Tacacs server | The switch is attempting to contact the TACACS+ server identified in the switch’s tacacs- | ||
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Connecting to secondary | The switch was not able to contact the | ||
Tacacs server | attempting to contact the next (secondary) TACACS+ server identified in the switch’s | ||
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Invalid password | The system does not recognize the username or the password or both. Depending on the | ||
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| authentication method (tacacs or local), either the TACACS+ server application did not |
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| recognize the username/password pair or the username/password pair did not match the |
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| username/password pair configured in the switch. |
No Tacacs servers | The switch has not been able to contact any designated TACACS+ servers. If this message | ||
responding | is followed by the Username prompt, the switch is attempting local authentication. | ||
Not legal combination of | For console access, if you select tacacs as the primary authentication method, you must | ||
authentication methods | select local as the secondary authentication method. This prevents you from being locked | ||
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| out of the switch if all designated TACACS+ servers are inaccessible to the switch. |
Record already exists | When resulting from a | ||
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| enter a duplicate TACACS+ server IP address. |
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Operating Notes
■If you configure Authorized IP Managers on the switch, it is not necessary to include any devices used as TACACS+ servers in the authorized manager list. That is, authentication traffic between a TACACS+ server and the switch is not subject to Authorized IP Manager controls configured on the switch. Also, the switch does not attempt TACACS+ authentication for a management station that the Authorized IP Manager list excludes because, independent of TACACS+, the switch already denies access to such stations.