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