Understanding How Accounting Works; Accounting Overview - Cisco WS-X6066-SLB-APC - Content Switching Module Software Manual

Understanding How Accounting Works

In this example, TACACS+ authorization is enabled for enable mode access to the switch for both Telnet
and console connections, authorizing configuration commands:
Console> (enable) set authorization enable enable tacacs+ deny both
Successfully enabled enable authorization.
Console> (enable) set authorization commands enable config tacacs+ deny both
Successfully enabled commands authorization.
Console> (enable) show authorization
Telnet:
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exec:
enable:
commands:
config:
all:
Console:
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exec:
enable:
commands:
config:
all:
Console> (enable)
Understanding How Accounting Works
These sections describe how the different accounting methods work:
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Accounting Overview

You can configure these accounting methods to monitor access to the switch:
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Accounting allows you to track user activity to a specified host, suspicious connection attempts in the
network, and unauthorized changes to the NAS configuration itself. The accounting information is sent
to the accounting server where it is saved in the form of a record. Accounting information typically
consists of the user's action and the duration for which the action lasted. You can use the accounting
feature for security, billing, and resource allocation purposes.
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Primary Fallback
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tacacs+ deny
tacacs+ deny
tacacs+ deny
- -
Primary Fallback
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tacacs+ deny
tacacs+ deny
tacacs+ deny
- -
Accounting Overview, page 21-56
Accounting Events, page 21-57
Specifying When to Create Accounting Records, page 21-57
Specifying RADIUS Servers, page 21-58
Updating the Server, page 21-59
Suppressing Accounting, page 21-59
TACACS+ accounting
RADIUS accounting
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