tacacs-server auth-type
Syntax
tacacs-server auth-type {pap | chap}
no tacacs-server auth-type
Description
Enables the CHAP or PAP authentication protocol, which is used for communication with the TACACS+ servers, at the global level. You can override this command with a fine-grained per server
auth-type
configuration.
The
no
form of this command resets the global authentication mechanism for TACACS+ to PAP, which is the default authentication mechanism for TACACS+.
Command context
config
Parameters
auth-type {pap | chap}
- Selects either the PAP or CHAP authentication protocol.
Authority
Administrators
Examples
Enabling command for CHAP authentication:
switch(config)# tacacs-server auth-type chap
Enabling command for PAP authentication:
switch(config)# tacacs-server auth-type pap