Reference Guide

780 | Security
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Configuration Task List for AAA Accounting
The following sections present the AAA Accounting configuration tasks:
• Enable AAA Accounting on page 780 (mandatory)
• Suppress AAA Accounting for null username sessions on page 781 (optional)
• Configure Accounting of EXEC and privilege-level command usage on page 781 (optional)
• Configure AAA Accounting for terminal lines on page 781 (optional)
• Monitor AAA Accounting on page 781 (optional)
Enable AAA Accounting
The aaa accounting command enables you to create a record for any or all of the accounting functions
monitored. To enable AAA accounting, perform the following task in CONFIGURATION mode:
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
aaa accounting {system | exec |
command level} {default | name}
{
start-stop | wait-start | stop-only}
{
tacacs+}
CONFIGURATION Enable AAA Accounting and create a record for
monitoring the accounting function.
The variables are:
• system—sends accounting information of any
other AAA configuration
• exec—sends accounting information when a user
has logged in to the EXEC mode
• command level—sends accounting of
commands executed at the specified privilege
level
• default | name—Enter the name of a list of
accounting methods.
• start-stop—Use for more accounting
information, to send a start-accounting notice at
the beginning of the requested event and a
stop-accounting notice at the end.
• wait-start—ensures that the TACACS+ security
server acknowledges the start notice before
granting the user's process request
• stop-only—Use for minimal accounting; instructs
the TACACS+ server to send a stop record
accounting notice at the end of the requested user
process.
• tacacs+ —Designate the security service.
Currently, FTOS supports only TACACS+