topic ISE cli access in Network Access Control

ISE cli access

Jean Welz — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:31:24 GMT

Hello Team,

I’m facing an issue with ISE. I can log in to the GUI using AD-integrated credentials without any problem. However, when I try to access the CLI with the same credentials, it shows “wrong password.” Both GUI and CLI credentials are identical.

Could you please advise?

Thank you

Re: ISE cli access

Rob Ingram — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:41:36 GMT

@Jean Welz have you configured ISE CLI to use AD authentication? Just because you've configured the GUI to use AD, doesn't mean you can login to the CLI using AD accounts unless you have configure it. Reference guide - https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/identity-services-engine/217351-ad-integration-for-cisco-ise-gui-and-cli.html#toc-hId-347273578

Re: ISE cli access

julian.bendix — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:06:19 GMT

Hey there!

With same creds, you mean that you are also trying the password of the AD user for CLI?

That won't work, you gotta have a local ISE admin user there.

BR Jules