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Thread ID: 112130 2010-08-25 03:06:00 Cisco AAA confusion! WarNox (8772) Press F1
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1131524 2010-08-25 03:06:00 Hey!

I'm playing around with a Cisco 2600 router and I don't quite understand the whole AAA thing. I've set up the router with SSH login.

What does this command do:

aaa authentication login LOCAL_LIST local

Also, on the console/telnet lines:

line con 0
....
login authentication LOCAL-LIST

The router does have a local username/password set up but I do not see how that username/password relates to the LOCAL-LIST I've created. Everything is working though.

Someone please explain :)
WarNox (8772)
1131525 2010-08-25 03:19:00 As far as I'm aware the first command you have listed would enable AAA for local logins, based on a method called LOCAL_LIST. You may want to have a read through some of Cisco's IOS documentation, such as this (www.cisco.com). inphinity (7274)
1131526 2010-08-25 06:19:00 But whats the point of AAA?

If i just created a user with 'username xxx password yyy' and set 'login local' on the vty/console line it would still work and that is without using the aaa command.
WarNox (8772)
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