Console login user name and pw config

[mahesh18]

Hi Everyone.

Need to know when i console in to ASA  it puts me directly  to   hostname with > prompt.

When i type enable it ask for user name and password.

Need to know what config should i look for ASA  that will provide access to enable with user name and password?

Thanks

Mahesh

[Jouni Forss · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It would seem to me that currently you are getting to the ASA> prompt because no separate authentication configuration is set for the Console connection.

Now you also say that you get prompted for username/password when you issue the command "enable"

This means you have some configuration similiar to this

aaa authentication enable console LOCAL

Keyword above being "enable". DONT let the word "console" fool you. Its part of each this sort of AAA configuration.

You can use the command

show run aaa

To see all the AAA configurations for the ASA

For example the output from my home ASA

ASA(config)# sh run aaa

aaa authentication http console LOCAL

aaa authentication telnet console LOCAL

aaa authentication ssh console LOCAL

As you can see I have configure LOCAL database authentication for telnet, ssh and http(ASDM) management connections

Hope this helps

- Jouni

[mahesh18]

Hi Jouni,

You were spot on.

aaa authentication enable console LOCAL did the job.

Regards

MAhesh

[Jouni Forss · Accepted solution]

Just to add,

If you want to have username/password authentication directly on the Console connection then you would have to use

aaa authentication serial console LOCAL

- Jouni