Cisco AAA Implementation Case Study
Appendix B: AAA Impact on Maintenance Tasks

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AAA Impact on Maintenance Tasks


AAA Impact on Maintenance Tasks


Most BootFlash images do not recognize all Cisco IOS aaa commands. As a result, invoking a BootFlash image can lead to a password recovery situation unless the Cisco IOS fragments listed in this appendix are used to disable AAA. One example of a situation requiring the inclusion of this configuration is a software image upgrade for a Cisco AS5200 access server.

Include the following Cisco IOS commands to disable AAA authentication and authorization on the console and VTY ports of a NAS:

aaa authentication login NO_AUTHENT none
aaa authorization exec NO_AUTHOR none
aaa authorization commands 15 NO_AUTHOR none 
 
line con 0
 authorization exec NO_AUTHOR
 login authentication NO_AUTHENT
 authorization commands 15 NO_AUTHOR

line vty 0 4
 authorization commands 15 NO_AUTHOR
 authorization exec NO_AUTHOR
 login authentication NO_AUTHENT

Note Refer to "4.6 Implementing Server-Based TACACS+ Router Authorization" for related implementation information.