{"id":475,"date":"2010-07-27T20:57:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T20:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fir3netwp.gmsrrpobkbd.com\/2010\/07\/27\/configuring-tacacs-on-a-cisco-router\/"},"modified":"2021-07-24T18:41:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T18:41:26","slug":"configuring-tacacs-on-a-cisco-router","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/Routers\/Cisco\/configuring-tacacs-on-a-cisco-router.html","title":{"rendered":"Configuring TACACS+ on a Cisco Router"},"content":{"rendered":"
TACACS+ (Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus) is a Cisco proprietary protocol which provides access control for routers, network access servers and other networked computing devices via one or more centralized servers. TACACS+ uses port tcp 49 and provides separate authentication, authorization and accounting services.<\/p>\n
Below shows you the general steps involved,<\/p>\n
First of all configure you router to use TACACS+. Make sure that you do not logout of the router at the point of running the command aaa new-model. This command clears your current login settings, so if you logout you will not have the configuration in place to allow you to log back in.<\/p>\n
(config)# aaa new-model
(config)# tacacs-server host [tacacs ip] single-connection
(config)# tacacs-server host [tacacs ip] key [key]<\/pre>\nOn your TACACS server configure you router as a TACACS client.
Back on your router add the following commands. This only shows you a brief general guide on the configuration steps, and in a real world scenerio your config would be much more detailed.<\/p>\n(config)# aaa authentication login [AUTH LIST NAME] group tacacs+ local
(config-line)# line vty 0 4
(config-line)# login authentication [AUTH LIST NAME]<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TACACS+ (Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus) is a Cisco proprietary protocol which provides access control for routers, network access servers and other networked computing devices via one or more centralized servers. TACACS+ uses port tcp 49 and provides separate authentication, authorization and accounting services. Below shows you the general steps involved, First of all … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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