AI296 Version 9.8x User’s Guide
AI296 Commands: aaa
9-9
profile Associates a custom profile with a privilege level or range of privilege
levels. The following rules apply:
zTACACS+ privilege levels range from 0 to 15.
zCustom profiles can be associated with privilege levels 2 through
14.
zPrivilege levels 2 through 14 default to the management system
profile.
zPrivilege levels 0, 1, and 15 are reserved for the Status,
Management, and Supervisor system profiles (respectively).
Note: For information on creating custom profiles, refer to command
profile on page 9-76.
Privilege levels are used only if the authorization method is set to
priv-lvl. The only exception to this occurs under all of the following
conditions:
1. The authentication server returns a privilege level.
2. The authorization server cannot be reached.
3. The authorization is set to per-command and fallback is enabled.
Note: For information on configuring the authorization method, refer
to command aaa author.
The following parameters are accepted:
zdefault—Removes the association between a range of privilege
levels and a profile.
z
priv_range
—Defines the range of privilege levels that will be
associated with the profile. Individual values are separated by
commas (,) and hyphens (-). For example, 1,4-6 specifies privilege
levels 1, 4, 5, and 6.
z
profile_name
—Specifies the name of an existing profile.
retry Configures the number of consecutive connection attempts that are
made to a TACACS+ server before the attempt fails. Consecutive
attempts are only made if the TACACS+ server responds but refuses a
connection. If no response is received from a TACACS+ server before
the configured timeout period, then no further connection attempts are
made. For information on configuring the timeout period, refer to
command aaa on page 9-6.
The following parameters are accepted:
z
retry_count
—Defines the number of consecutive connection
attempts that are made. Valid values are 1 to 100.
zdefault—Resets the number of connection attempts to the default
value.