Configuring management access accounting, Viewing the currently logged-in user – Cisco ASA 5505 User Manual

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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI

Chapter 37 Configuring Management Access

Configuring AAA for System Administrators

Configuring Management Access Accounting

You can send accounting messages to the TACACS+ accounting server when you enter any command
other than show commands at the CLI. You can configure accounting when users log in, when they enter
the enable command, or when they issue commands.

For command accounting, you can only use TACACS+ servers.

To configure management access and enable command accounting, perform the following steps:

Detailed Steps

Viewing the Currently Logged-In User

To view the current logged-in user, enter the following command:

hostname# show curpriv

The following is sample output from the show curpriv command:

hostname# show curpriv

Username: admin

Current privilege level: 15

Current Mode/s: P_PRIV

Table 37-1

describes the show curpriv command output.

Command

Purpose

Step 1

aaa accounting

{serial | telnet | ssh |

enable

} console server-tag

Example:

hostname(config)# aaa accounting telnet

console group_1

Enables support for AAA accounting for administrative access.

Valid server group protocols are RADIUS and TACACS+.

Step 2

aaa accounting command

[privilege level]

server-tag

Example:

hostname(config)# aaa accounting command

privilege 15 group_1

Enables command accounting. Only TACACS+ servers support
command accounting.

Where privilege level is the minimum privilege level and
server-tag is the name of the TACACS+ server group to which
the ASA should send command accounting messages.

Table 37-1

show curpriv Command Output Description

Field

Description

Username

Username. If you are logged in as the default user, the name is enable_1 (user
EXEC) or enable_15 (privileged EXEC).

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