AAA Operations for RADIUS

The following table lists the sequence of authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) operations that take place when a user gains access to a RUCKUS device that has RADIUS security configured. For each action the user takes, there are certain applicable AAA operations that occur. This table is presented as a means to troubleshoot possible issues with AAA configuration.

User Actions and Related AAA Operations for RADIUS

User Action Applicable AAA Operations
User attempts to gain access to the Privileged EXEC and CONFIG levels of the CLI Enable authentication: aaa authentication enable default method-list
System accounting start: aaa accounting system default start-stop method-list
User logs in using Telnet/SSH Login authentication: aaa authentication login default method-list
EXEC accounting Start: aaa accounting exec default start-stop method-list
System accounting Start: aaa accounting system default start-stop method-list
User logs into the Web Management Interface Web authentication: aaa authentication web-server default method-list
User logs out of Telnet/SSH session Command authorization for logout command: aaa authorization commands privilege-level default method-list
Command accounting: aaa accounting commands privilege-level default start-stop method-list
EXEC accounting stop: aaa accounting exec default start-stop method-list
User enters system commands (for example, reload, boot system) Command authorization: aaa authorization commands privilege -level default method-list
Command accounting: aaa accounting commands privilege-level default start-stop method-list
System accounting stop: aaa accounting system default start-stop method-list
User enters the command: [no] aaa accounting system default start-stop method-list Command authorization: aaa authorization commands privilege-level default method-list
Command accounting: aaa accounting commands privilege-level default start-stop method-list
System accounting start: aaa accounting system default start-stop method-list
User enters other commands Command authorization: aaa authorization commands privilege-level default method-list
Command accounting: aaa accounting commands privilege-level default start-stop method-list