TACACS

nv set system aaa tacacs accounting enable

Turns TACACS+ accounting on or off.

TACACS+ accounting uses the audisp module, with an additional plugin for auditd and audisp. The plugin maps the auid in the accounting record to a TACACS login, which it bases on the auid and sessionid.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs accounting enable on

nv set system aaa tacacs accounting send-records

Configures Cumulus Linux to send accounting records to all servers (all) or to the server that is first to respond (first-response). By default, Cumulus Linux sends accounting records to all servers.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs accounting send-records first-response

nv set system aaa tacacs authentication mode

Configures the TACACS+ authentication mode. You can specify pap to send clear text between the user and the server, chap to establish a PPP connection between the user and the server, or login. The default is pap.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs authentication mode chap

nv set system aaa authentication-order <priority-id>

Configures the authentication order so that either TACACS+ or local authentication has priority (the lower number has priority). You can specify a value of tacacs or local.

Command Syntax

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa authentication-order 1 tacacs

nv set system aaa tacacs authentication per-user-homedir

Turns per user home directory on or off to create a separate home directory for each TACACS+ user when the TACACS+ user first logs in. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs authentication per-user-homedir on

nv set system aaa tacacs debug-level

Configures the debugging level for troubleshooting:

• 0 disables debugging.
• 1 enables debugging and sends log messages to syslog.
• 2 enables debugging and sends some additional log messages to syslog.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs debug-level 2

nv set system aaa tacacs enable

Turns TACACS+ on or off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs enable on

nv set system aaa tacacs exclude-user

Configures TACACS to exclude users from going to the TACACS+ server for authentication.

nv set system aaa tacacs exclude-user username <value>

Configures TACACS to exclude the specified user from going to the TACACS+ server for authentication.

Command Syntax

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs exclude-user user1

nv set system aaa tacacs server <priority-id>

Configures the TACACS server priority number. You must set a priority even if you only specify one server.

Command Syntax

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs server 5

nv set system aaa tacacs server <priority-id> host

Configures the IPv4 address or hostname of the TACACS+ server. You must configure at least one TACACS+ server.

Command Syntax

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs server 5 host 192.168.0.30

nv set system aaa tacacs server <priority-id> port

Configures the TACACS+ server port to use for communication between the TACACS+ server and client. You can set a value between 0 and 65535. The default port is 49.

Command Syntax

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs server 5 port 32

nv set system aaa tacacs server <priority-id> prefer-ip-version 6

Configures the TACACS server to use IPv6.

Command Syntax

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.5.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs server 5 prefer-ip-version 6 

nv set system aaa tacacs server <priority-id> secret <value>

Configures the shared secret between the TACACS server and client. The TACACS client on the switch and the TACACS server must have the same shared secret key.

Command Syntax

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs server 5 secret mytacacskey

nv set system aaa tacacs source-ip <ipv4>

Configures the source IP address to use when communicating with the TACACS+ server so that the server can identify the client switch. You must specify an IPv4 address, which must be valid for the interface you use. This source IP address is typically the loopback address on the switch.

Command Syntax

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs source-ip 10.10.10.1

nv set system aaa tacacs timeout

Configures the TACACS timeout value, which is the number of seconds to wait for a response from the TACACS+ server before trying the next TACACS+ server. You can specify a value between 0 and 60.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs timeout 10

nv set system aaa tacacs vrf <vrf-name>

Configures the VRF you want to use to communicate with the TACACS+ server. This is typically the management VRF (mgmt).

Command Syntax

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0 (beta)

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system aaa tacacs vrf mgmt