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Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide
Chapter 1 Configuring Management Access
Configuring AAA for System Administrators
Information About Command Authorization
This section describes command authorization and includes the following topics:
•
Supported Command Authorization Methods, page 1-16
•
About Preserving User Credentials, page 1-16
•
Security Contexts and Command Authorization, page 1-17
Supported Command Authorization Methods
You can use one of two command authorization methods:
•
Local privilege levels—Configure the command privilege levels on the ASA. When a local,
RADIUS, or LDAP (if you map LDAP attributes to RADIUS attributes) user authenticates for CLI
access, the ASA places that user in the privilege level that is defined by the local database, RADIUS,
or LDAP server. The user can access commands at the assigned privilege level and below. Note that
all users access user EXEC mode when they first log in (commands at level 0 or 1). The user needs
to authenticate again with the
enable
command to access privileged EXEC mode (commands at level
2 or higher), or they can log in with the
login
command (local database only).
Note
You can use local command authorization without any users in the local database and without
CLI or
enable
authentication. Instead, when you enter the
enable
command, you enter the
system enable password, and the ASA places you in level 15. You can then create enable
passwords for every level, so that when you enter
enable
n
(2 to 15), the ASA places you in level
n
. These levels are not used unless you enable local command authorization (see the
“Configuring Local Command Authorization” section on page 1-24
). (See the command
reference for more information about the
enable
command.)
•
server privilege levels—On the server, configure the commands that a user or
group can use after authenticating for CLI access. Every command that a user enters at the CLI is
validated with the server.
About Preserving User Credentials
When a user logs into the ASA, that user is required to provide a username and password for
authentication. The ASA retains these session credentials in case further authentication is needed later
in the session.
When the following configurations are in place, a user needs only to authenticate with the local server
for login. Subsequent serial authorization uses the saved credentials. The user is also prompted for the
privilege level 15 password. When exiting privileged mode, the user is authenticated again. User
credentials are not retained in privileged mode.
•
The local server is configured to authenticate user access.
•
Privilege level 15 command access is configured to require a password.
•
The user account is configured for serial-only authorization (no access to console or ASDM).
•
The user account is configured for privilege level 15 command access.
The following table shows how credentials are used in this case by the ASA.
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