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Authentication Objects

This chapter shows you how to select different authentication methods for user authentication using the AAA servers or the internal user database.

29.1 Authentication Objects Overview

After you have created the AAA server objects, you can specify the authentication objects (containing the AAA server information) that the NXC uses to authenticate users (such as managing through HTTP/HTTPS or Captive Portal).

29.2 aaa authentication Commands

The following table lists the aaa authentication commands you use to configure an authentication profile.

Table 113 aaa authentication Commands

COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

aaa authentication rename

Changes the profile name.

profile-name-old profile-

profile-name: You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters,

name-new

underscores(_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a

 

number. This value is case-sensitive.

clear aaa authentication

Deletes all authentication profiles or the specified authentication

profile-name

profile.

 

Note: You can NOT delete a profile that is currently

 

in use.

 

 

show aaa authentication

Displays the specified authentication server profile settings.

{group-namedefault}

 

[no] aaa authentication

Sets a descriptive name for the authentication profile. The no

{profile-name}

command deletes a profile.

 

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